Concurrent mark sweep collector

The Concurrent mark sweep collector (concurrent mark-sweep collector, concurrent collector or CMS)[1] is a mark-sweep garbage collector in the Oracle HotSpot Java virtual machine (JVM) available since version 1.4.1.

HotSpot garbage collectors

The HotSpot JVM selects the default garbage collector based on several factors.[2] The newer Garbage-first collector (G1) is planned to replace CMS.[3]

To launch the JVM with this garbage collector you can add this property to the java command line -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC [4][1]

References

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[guide-1] "Concurrent Mark Sweep Collector Enhancements".

[2] "Garbage Collector Ergonomics".

[3] "Java HotSpot Garbage Collection".

[4] "Garbage Collectors".

Memory management
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Manual memory management	Static memory allocation C dynamic memory allocation new and delete (C++)
Virtual memory	Demand paging Page table Paging Virtual memory compression
Hardware	Memory management unit (MMU) Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) Input–output memory management unit (IOMMU)
Garbage collection	Boehm garbage collector Concurrent mark sweep collector Finalizer Garbage Garbage-first collector Mark-compact algorithm Reference counting Tracing garbage collection Strong reference Weak reference
Memory segmentation	Protected mode Real mode Virtual 8086 mode x86 memory segmentation
Memory safety	Buffer overflow Buffer over-read Dangling pointer Stack overflow
Issues	Fragmentation Memory leak Unreachable memory
Other	Automatic variable International Symposium on Memory Management Region-based memory management

Concurrent mark sweep collector

HotSpot garbage collectors

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