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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  mark-sweep garbage collection
       
          Each cell has a bit reserved for marking which is clear
          initially.  During garbage collection all active cells are
          traced from the root and marked.  Then all cells are examined.
          Unmarked cells are freed.

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