Strong reference

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In computer programming, a strong reference is a normal reference that protects the referred object from collection by a garbage collector. The term is used to distinguish the reference from weak references.

v t e Memory management

Memory management as a function of an operating system

Manual memory management	Static memory allocation C dynamic memory allocation new (C++) delete (C++)

Virtual memory	Demand paging Page table Paging Virtual memory compression

Hardware	Memory management unit Translation lookaside buffer

Garbage collection	Boehm garbage collector Finalizer Garbage Mark-compact algorithm Reference counting Strong reference Weak reference

Memory segmentation	Protected mode Real mode Virtual 8086 mode x86 memory segmentation

Memory safety	Buffer overflow Buffer over-read Dangling pointer Stack overflow

Issues	Fragmentation Memory leak Unreachable memory

Other	Automatic variable International Symposium on Memory Management Region-based memory management

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