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Definition of Garbage collection
1. Noun. The collection and removal of garbage.
Definition of Garbage collection
1. Noun. A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility. ¹
2. Noun. (programming) A mechanism which ensures that resources no longer in use are made available for reuse. ¹
3. Noun. (programming) Automatic garbage collection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garbage Collection
Literary usage of Garbage collection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"From a sanitary standpoint, and even from the standpoint of nuisance, the problem
of garbage collection is even a more difficult one than that of garbage ..."
2. Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in Waterbury, Conn., Based on by United States Children's Bureau, Estelle Belle Hunter, United States, Children's Bureau (1918)
"garbage collection and disposal.—An important phase of household sanitation is
the regular and frequent collection of garbage. Waterbury had, at the time of ..."
3. Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in Brockton, Mass. Based on by United States Children's Bureau, Mary V. Dempsey (1919)
"garbage collection and disposal.—garbage collection in Brockton was under the
supervision of the overseer of the poor. Garbage must be "placed in covered ..."
4. Official Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by American Society of Municipal Engineers, American Society of Municipal Improvements (1917)
"A growing tendency toward placing garbage collection under the active supervision of
... An awakened interest in the serious study of garbage collection and ..."
5. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"From a sanitary standpoint, and even from the standpoint of nuisance, the problem
of garbage collection is even a more difficult one than that of garbage ..."
6. Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in Waterbury, Conn., Based on by United States Children's Bureau, Estelle Belle Hunter, United States, Children's Bureau (1918)
"garbage collection and disposal.—An important phase of household sanitation is
the regular and frequent collection of garbage. Waterbury had, at the time of ..."
7. Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in Brockton, Mass. Based on by United States Children's Bureau, Mary V. Dempsey (1919)
"garbage collection and disposal.—garbage collection in Brockton was under the
supervision of the overseer of the poor. Garbage must be "placed in covered ..."
8. Official Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by American Society of Municipal Engineers, American Society of Municipal Improvements (1917)
"A growing tendency toward placing garbage collection under the active supervision of
... An awakened interest in the serious study of garbage collection and ..."
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