Garbage Collection in Java

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The Question

What is garbage collection in Java?

What a Strong Answer Covers

• automatic memory management
• Mark-Sweep phases
• Young Generation Eden/Survivor
• Old Generation/tenured
• Minor GC vs Major GC
• unreachable objects collected
• System.gc() suggestion only

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