Cleaning up, or reclaiming memory that is reserved by a program is called ___
A) housekeeping
B) garbage collection
C) refreshing
D) flushing

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Garbage collection is the process of identifying and freeing memory that is no longer being used by a program. This helps to prevent memory leaks and improve the overall performance of the system. Housekeeping, refreshing, and flushing may refer to other types of maintenance tasks but do not specifically relate to memory management.

Cleaning Up, or Reclaiming Memory That Is Reserved by a Program