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Garbage collection

A sweep crosses a cluttered heap and leaves only the live data behind.

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Garbage collection: a sweep crosses a cluttered heap and leaves only the live data behind.
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How it moves

  1. the heap is cluttered with old data.
  2. a sweep crosses it from left to right.
  3. only the live data is left behind.

For developers

File size
4.1 KB gzipped
Motion
Plays once, 4.4 s, then holds
Reduced motion
Shows a still
File
garbage-collection.svg

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