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In computer science, reference counting is a programming technique of storing the number of references, pointers, or handles to a resource, such as an object, a block of memory, disk space, and others.
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| Reference counting | is a | programming technique of storing the number of references | 0.90 | text |
| operating system objects | instance of | It also allows for effective management of non-memory resources | 0.80 | text |
| which are often much scarcer than memory | instance of | It also allows for effective management of non-memory resources | 0.80 | text |
| many functional programming languages can suffer an efficiency penalty due to frequent copies | instance of | systems that depend heavily on immutable objects | 0.80 | text |
| Reference counting | related to Advantages and disadvantages | The | 0.60 | section |
| Reference counting | related to Advantages and disadvantages | In | 0.60 | section |
| Reference counting | related to Advantages and disadvantages | Reference | 0.60 | section |
| Reference counting | related to Advantages and disadvantages | It | 0.60 | section |
| Reference counting | related to Advantages and disadvantages | Weighted | 0.60 | section |
| Reference counting | related to Advantages and disadvantages | Tracing | 0.60 | section |
| Reference counting | related to Cocoa (Objective-C) | Apple's Cocoa | 0.60 | section |
| Reference counting | related to Cocoa (Objective-C) | Cocoa Touch | 0.60 | section |
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