Result: Idle-Time Garbage-Collection Scheduling.

Title:
Idle-Time Garbage-Collection Scheduling.
Authors:
DEGENBAEV, ULAN1, EISINGER, JOCHEN1, ERNST, MANFRED1, MCILROY, ROSS1, PAYER, HANNES1
Source:
Communications of the ACM. Oct2016, Vol. 59 Issue 10, p34-39. 6p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs.
Subject Terms:
JAVASCRIPT programming language, FRAMES (Computer science), COMPUTER storage capacity, INTERNET users
Reviews & Products:
GOOGLE Chrome (Computer software)
Database:
Business Source Premier

Further Information

The article provides information on an approach used by the programming language JavaScript engine V8 in the Chrome internet browser to schedule garbage-collection pauses when Chrome is idle. It details how this approach can reduce user-visable dropped frames, or jank, on real-world websites and result in fewer dropped frames and memory consumption.