Definitions for "Unreachable"
inaccessibly located or situated; "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"; "the unreachable stars"
An object is unreachable if there is no reference chain to it from any root. An object will become unreachable when the mutator overwrites its last (direct or indirect) reference to the object. Similar terms: dead. Opposites: reachable; live. See also: reachable; garbage collection.