garbage collectors

Waste removal workers

Garbage collectors are workers who collect refuse from homes and businesses, loading it into trucks for disposal.

The term also has a technical meaning in computing: a garbage collector is a program that automatically reclaims memory no longer in use, freeing programmers from manual memory management.

Java relies on garbage collection; C does not.

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waste management action

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Those who contaminate surroundings

litterers · producers · manufacturers · dumpers · hoarders

social prestige/occupational status

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Highest corporate officers

executives · surgeons · lawyers · celebrities · aristocrats

material handling direction

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Professional delivery personnel

mail carriers · suppliers · distributors · movers · importers

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G