在Java内存管理中，'PS'代表什么？

Question

Whenever I see reference to memory in Java, the various spaces are always prefixed with 'PS'. What does 'PS' mean? It's starting to bother me... my only guess so far is 'pool space', but that would be redundant.

Examples:

• PS Eden Space
• PS Survivor Space
• PS Tenured Space (Old Generation)
• PS Perm Gen (Permanent Generation)

Answer 1

I could be wrong but i'm pretty sure it stands for Parallel Scavenge (has to do with garbage collection)

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