generatieverzameling
Generatieverzameling, often translated as generation collection or garbage collection, is a memory management technique used in computer programming. It is a form of automatic memory management where the runtime environment automatically reclaims memory that is no longer in use by the program. This process is essential for preventing memory leaks and simplifying the development process by relieving programmers from manual memory allocation and deallocation.
The core idea behind generatieverzameling is to track which objects in memory are still reachable by the
Generational garbage collectors divide the heap memory into different "generations." New objects are allocated in the