Collecting Garbage
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Interpretive computer languages create variables and amount of storage required for a program is not known until the program executes. Garbage collection reclaims space in memory that is lost to variables and other data that no longer exist due to creation of new data. Space can also be reclaimed on a disk with garbage collection. Data deleted with this technique can also be found later if a mistake was made.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1983
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Translating Data
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A Z80-based system converts protocol and data formats of one computer vendor into those of another. Data from a disk or an output port are loaded into a memory buffer and translated into an intermediate code, and then converted into a target format. The $7500 system, from Altertext Inc., is useful for translating disks or for loading text from a word processor into a typesetting machine.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1984
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