Memory garbage collection is only one of the applications of reference counting; it is also used for deallocation control of system objects, Windows COM objects, and file system blocks or files.

Tackling memory limitations imposed on Java applications, Terracotta on Tuesday will offer what it describes as a breakthrough in solving the "universal problem" of Java garbage collection.

How to force Java garbage collection. While a developer can never actually force Java garbage collection, there are ways to make the JVM prioritize memory management functions. In review, five ways to ...

Automatic free memory management, or garbage collection, is inherent to platforms like Java and Microsoft’s .NET. In the latter, “managed” applications like those written in C# utilize ...

One of the reasons developers love Java is that the JVM performs garbage collection (GC) for them. One of the reasons system admins hate the JVM is the unpredictable nature of Java GC.A Java GC ...

Dubbed BigMemory, the add-on is designed to release Java apps from the memory and performance constraints of garbage collection (GC). The limit on the size of Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) imposed by ...

Real-time garbage collection isn't an oxymoron. Just try spreading the cost of garbage collection over time so programming languages like Java can suit real-time applications without resorting to ...