Concept

Garbage collection (computer science)

Related lectures (14)

Memory Management: Copying Garbage Collection

Explores copying garbage collection, generational GC, inter-generational pointers, finalizers, weak references, and various GC techniques.

Garbage Collection in Object-Oriented Languages

Explores garbage collection techniques in object-oriented languages, focusing on mostly-copying and generational GC, heap organization, promotion policies, and method dispatch challenges.

HTAP Databases: Innovations and Challenges

Discusses innovations and challenges in HTAP databases, emphasizing adaptive OLTP designs and the Database Operating System concept.

Course Introduction: Compilation of High-Level Languages

Covers the course on compiling high-level languages and optimizing code.

Dynamic Memory Management and Dynamic Dispatch

Explores memory management, safety, automated techniques, garbage collection, dynamic dispatch, and first-class functions.

Memory Management: Part I

Covers memory management concepts such as block headers, external fragmentation, reference counting, and mark & sweep garbage collection.

Object Lifecycle in Java

Covers object lifecycle, assignment, copying, and comparison in Java with examples.

Interpreters and Virtual Machines

Explores interpreters, virtual machines, optimization techniques, and memory management in programming languages.

Memory Reclamation: Techniques and Algorithms

Explores memory reclamation techniques, including Lock-free Reference Counting and Hazard Pointers, and introduces the hybrid approach of QSense.

Covers the efficiency of register machines over stack machines, memory organization, and mapping instructions.

Memory Management: Allocation and Deallocation

Covers memory management, focusing on allocation and deallocation of memory blocks, including garbage collection techniques and fragmentation issues.

Concurrency and Parallelism: Queue

Explores thread safety, synchronization, and concurrent collections in Scala, focusing on a lock-free concurrent queue implementation.

Pointers and Arrays: Memory Management in C

Explains pointers and arrays in C, focusing on memory management and dynamic allocation.

Pointer Arithmetic: Understanding Memory Management in C

Explains pointer arithmetic in C, focusing on memory manipulation and common pitfalls.