Reducing the memory footprint of a session duration semispace
US6279012A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99957
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing copying garbage collection is provided. In a computer's memory, objects are stored in a permanent semispace. When a garbage collection event is detected, a garbage collection cycle is commenced. During the garbage collection cycle, the live objects in the permanent semispace are copied into a temporary semispace. After copying all the live objects into the temporary semispace, the live objects are then recopied into the permanent semispace.
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