(programming) Featuring garbage collection. / (programming) Suscepible to garbage collection. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see garbage, collected.

simple past tense and past participle of garbage collect

plural of garbage collection

(Canada, US) A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.

(programming) To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.