GCs Survived
The number of garbage collections an object has survived. Objects will not be garbage collected as long as other objects contain references to them.
Garbage collection survival can be an important clue in tracking down the source of memory problems. Use the Object Reference Graph to find all objects containing references to an object which has survived a large number of garbage collections, and may be unneccessarily tying up memory.
See also garbage collection and Object Reference Graph in the glossary.
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