Noun as in strong fondness

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reference count, usage count

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Example:The reference count of an object is incremented each time it is referenced and decremented when an object goes out of scope.

Definition:An integer value indicating the number of active references to a particular object.

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Example:The usage count is updated each time an object is assigned to a new variable.

Definition:A count of how many times an object is referenced within a program.

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