Garbage collection

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• Background information
• Flow chart of order of operations
• Related Topics
• Further reading

Background information

Garbage collection(GC) algorithms are responsible for detecting useless data such files which are simply no longer needed such as marked for deleted or unused(stale pages)(link)
Once the data stored within a block reaches a thread hold often defined by the GC algorithm, such as the block have a certain percentage of stale data or when the block is full.
The GC moves all the valid data from the block to another clear block, then clears the remaining data ready for the block to be used again

Flow chart of order of operations

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Related Topics

Topics such as desoldering to chip off or firmware dumping for disk PCB repairs

• Related Topic 1
• Related Topic 2

Further reading

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1. Reference 1: Garbage Collection paper
2. Reference 2: Source details