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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computer_science">computer science</a>, <b>garbage collection</b> (<b>GC</b>) is a form of automatic <a href="page.php?w=memory_management">memory management</a>. The garbage collector attempts to reclaim memory that was allocated by the program, but is no longer referenced; such memory is called <a href="page.php?w=garbage_%28computer_science%29">garbage</a>. Garbage collection was invented by American computer scientist <a href="page.php?w=John_McCarthy_%28computer_scientist%29">John McCarthy</a> around 1959 to simplify</p><p>
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