A type of garbage collection algorithm that categorizes objects by their age and treats them differently based on the assumption that most objects die young.
"Generational garbage collection improves efficiency by focusing on younger objects, which are more likely to be garbage."
A conditional statement in programming that specifies the block of code to be executed if the condition in the if statement is false.
"If the condition is true, execute this block of code; else, execute that block of code."
The process of converting source code written in one programming language to another programming language with similar level of abstraction, typically used to target different execution environments or versions of a language.
"The TypeScript compiler transpiles TypeScript code to JavaScript for execution in web browsers."
A basic unit used to build data structures such as linked lists, trees, and graphs.
"Each node in a linked list contains data and a reference (or link) to the next node in the sequence."
