garbage; unnecessary information
Computing term for data that is no longer needed, invalid, or meaningless; often refers to memory or storage that can be freed.
I deleted unnecessary information to free up disk space.
メモリ上の不要情報を定期的に回収する仕組みをガベージコレクションと呼ぶ。
The mechanism that periodically collects garbage in memory is called garbage collection.
Loanword from English 'garbage', used in similar computing contexts but more casual and less formal than 不要情報.
General word for trash or waste; in computing, ゴミ can also refer to junk data, but 不要情報 is more technical and precise.
Compound of 不要 (unnecessary) and 情報 (information). The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a straightforward technical term likely coined in computing contexts.