Can Garbage Collection prevent memory leaks?

No. If objects remain referenced, V8 considers them reachable and cannot remove them.

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Garbage Collection is the automatic process of reclaiming memory used by objects that are no longer reachable.

The V8 Engine performs Garbage Collection automatically.

An object becomes eligible when it is no longer reachable by the application.

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