recycle bin

English

Etymology

Computing sense introduced with Windows 95.

Noun

recycle bin (plural recycle bins)

1. A container in which items to be recycled may be placed.
2. (computing) In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.

Synonyms

• recycling bin (sense 1)
• trash (sense 2, on other operating systems)

Translations

container

• Armenian: աղբաման (hy) (aġbaman)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資源回收筒／资源回收筒 (zīyuán huíshōu tǒng), 资源回收筒 (zīyuán huíshōu tǒng)

• Finnish: kierrätysastia
• French: corbeille (fr) f
• German: Papierkorb (de) m
• Hungarian: lomtár (hu)
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• Korean: 휴지통 (ko) (hyujitong)
• Macedonian: ка́нта за рецикли́рање f (kánta za reciklíranje)
• Norwegian: papirkurv
• Russian: му́сорная корзи́на f (músornaja korzína), корзи́на (ru) f (korzína) (для му́сор)
• Swedish: papperskorg (sv) c, soptunna (sv) c, återvinningscontainer c
• Turkish: geri dönüşüm kutusu

(computing) in Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files

• Arabic: سلَة المحذوفات f
• Armenian: աղբաման (hy) (aġbaman)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資源回收筒／资源回收筒 (zīyuán huíshōu tǒng), 资源回收筒 (zīyuán huíshōu tǒng), 回收站 (huíshōuzhàn)

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• Hungarian: lomtár (hu)
• Japanese: ごみ箱 (ごみばこ, gomibako)
• Russian: му́сорная корзи́на f (músornaja korzína)
• Swedish: papperskorg (sv) c