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Garbage Collection
Garbage collection is automatic memory management in which a runtime reclaims memory occupied by objects that are no longer reachable by the program, freeing developers from manual deallocation.
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Memory Safety
Memory safety is the property of a program that prevents invalid memory access such as buffer overflows, use-after-free, and null pointer dereferences, eliminating a major source of bugs and security vulnerabilities.