Incremental garbage collection
US6353838B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99957
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An incremental garbage collector is disclosed. Upon termination of a function or program, the incremental garbage collector scans the object heap for objects allocated by the function or program that are not referenced outside the function or program that allocated the objects. Memory occupied by such objects is immediately reclaimed without having to wait for the garbage collector.
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