Parallel GC
E341108
Parallel GC is a throughput-oriented garbage collector in the HotSpot JVM that uses multiple threads to perform stop-the-world garbage collection, aiming to maximize application performance on multi-core systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parallel GC canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3245037 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parallel GC Context triple: [HotSpot JVM, notableGarbageCollector, Parallel GC]
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A.
Orinoco garbage collector
Orinoco garbage collector is V8’s low-latency, incremental and concurrent garbage collection system designed to improve JavaScript performance and responsiveness.
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B.
GC
GC is the post-nominal abbreviation for the George Cross, one of the United Kingdom’s highest civilian decorations for acts of great heroism and courage in extreme danger.
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C.
JGCD
JGCD is a leading peer-reviewed aerospace engineering journal focusing on guidance, navigation, control, and dynamics of flight vehicles and space systems.
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D.
gc (Go compiler)
gc is the original standard Go compiler implementation, written in C and later superseded by the Go-based `cmd/compile` toolchain.
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E.
Automatic Storage Management
Automatic Storage Management is Oracle's integrated volume manager and file system that simplifies and optimizes the management of database storage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parallel GC Target entity description: Parallel GC is a throughput-oriented garbage collector in the HotSpot JVM that uses multiple threads to perform stop-the-world garbage collection, aiming to maximize application performance on multi-core systems.
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A.
Orinoco garbage collector
Orinoco garbage collector is V8’s low-latency, incremental and concurrent garbage collection system designed to improve JavaScript performance and responsiveness.
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B.
GC
GC is the post-nominal abbreviation for the George Cross, one of the United Kingdom’s highest civilian decorations for acts of great heroism and courage in extreme danger.
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C.
JGCD
JGCD is a leading peer-reviewed aerospace engineering journal focusing on guidance, navigation, control, and dynamics of flight vehicles and space systems.
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D.
gc (Go compiler)
gc is the original standard Go compiler implementation, written in C and later superseded by the Go-based `cmd/compile` toolchain.
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E.
Automatic Storage Management
Automatic Storage Management is Oracle's integrated volume manager and file system that simplifies and optimizes the management of database storage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
HotSpot garbage collector
ⓘ
garbage collector ⓘ throughput-oriented garbage collector ⓘ |
| benefitsFrom |
high CPU core counts
ⓘ
multi-core processors ⓘ |
| canBeEnabledWith |
-XX:+UseParallelGC
ⓘ
-XX:+UseParallelOldGC ⓘ |
| category | managed runtime memory management ⓘ |
| configuredWith |
-XX:GCTimeRatio
ⓘ
-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis ⓘ -XX:ParallelGCThreads ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
CMS GC
ⓘ
G1 GC ⓘ Serial GC ⓘ Shenandoah GC ⓘ ZGC ⓘ |
| defaultIn | some HotSpot JVM configurations ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Throughput Collector ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
maximize application performance on multi-core systems
ⓘ
maximize application throughput ⓘ |
| hasPhase |
compaction phase
ⓘ
mark phase ⓘ parallel old generation collection ⓘ parallel young generation collection ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
multi-threaded garbage collection
ⓘ
parallel collector ⓘ stop-the-world collector ⓘ throughput-optimized ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
HotSpot JVM
ⓘ
surface form:
HotSpot GC subsystem
|
| introducedIn | early HotSpot JVM versions ⓘ |
| lessOptimizedFor | low latency workloads ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
old generation
ⓘ
young generation ⓘ |
| optimizedFor | high throughput workloads ⓘ |
| partOf | HotSpot JVM ⓘ |
| performs |
parallel major collections
ⓘ
parallel minor collections ⓘ |
| requires | stop-the-world pauses for garbage collection ⓘ |
| supportedIn |
HotSpot JVM
ⓘ
surface form:
OpenJDK HotSpot JVM
HotSpot JVM ⓘ
surface form:
Oracle HotSpot JVM
|
| tunedBy |
GC thread count
ⓘ
generation size settings ⓘ heap size settings ⓘ |
| typeOf |
stop-the-world mark-compact collector for old generation
ⓘ
stop-the-world mark-copy collector for young generation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
HotSpot JVM
ⓘ
surface form:
HotSpot VM
Java Virtual Machine ⓘ |
| uses | multiple GC threads ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Parallel GC Description of subject: Parallel GC is a throughput-oriented garbage collector in the HotSpot JVM that uses multiple threads to perform stop-the-world garbage collection, aiming to maximize application performance on multi-core systems.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.