reference counting
English
Noun
reference counting (uncountable)
- (computing) The technique of storing the number of handles, pointers, or references to a resource such as a block of memory, disk space, or an object, so that the system can determine when the resource is no longer in use.
Hypernyms
Translations
act of making a count
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