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title: "Garbage Collector (over)simplified"
description: "In this blog post, a small and (over)simplified infographic on how the Garbage Collector works."
updated: 2024-02-11
tags: [".NET"]
canonical: "https://steven-giesel.com/blogPost/2e23afb8-4dc6-461e-8110-4122c7fefee7/garbage-collector-oversimplified"
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# Garbage Collector (over)simplified

In this blog post, a small and (over)simplified infographic on how the Garbage Collector works.

For a more detailed explanation, have a look at my two part series:
 1. [*The garbage collector in .NET*](https://steven-giesel.com/blogPost/01252906-c486-484b-811c-9af43e943c7e)
 2. [*The garbage collector in .NET - Part 2: Compacting*](https://steven-giesel.com/blogPost/e0c236dc-40dc-4100-97bc-b68a2ccb5f4f)

![GC](https://linkdotnetblog.azureedge.net/blog/20240201_GC/GC.webp)