sunitha

• Jan 1st, 2007

 

Garbage collector is mainly used for automatic memory management.It is used to monitor leaked and unused memory objects that are loaded into memory.garbage collector releases memory objects.If  they are not in use for a longer period.

system.gc.collect() is method used to release the memory resources programatically.

hansat

• Jan 2nd, 2007

 

Garbage collector is a process which is resides in memory and it clears memory when more space is not available on the memory it removes the objects which are not refrenced.

shyamvyas

 Profile Answers by shyamvyas 

• Feb 7th, 2007

 

Garbage Collector in .Net Framework is used for Automatic Memory Management i.e. it is collect all unused memory area and give to application. system.gc.collect() is a method for release the memory. But remember one think, it is only an request, i.e. we can't explicitly release the memory by using system.gc.collect().

kirangiet

 Profile Answers by kirangiet 

• Oct 21st, 2009

 

Memory Management a part of CLR functionality is a important aspect in .NET.
Garbage Collector well known as GC is the one responsible for Memory Management.

GC Runs periodically through Managed Heap (Which is divided into 3
Generations) and find the object which doesn't contain any reference. It then
collect those objects to free Managed Heap. After collecting the unreferenced
object, GC will then Defragment Managed Heap in order to get continuous block of
memory.

GC.Collect() is a method used to call GC exclusively. However it is
recommended not to use this method often, as it will promote the object left in
Heap to higher generation.