Other Definitions allocation (enc)
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Allocation| Noun | 1. | allocation - a share set aside for a specific purposepercentage, share, portion, part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" quota - a proportional share assigned to each participant | | | 2. | allocation - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning deal - the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" rationing - the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline" parcel, portion, share - the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans" | | | 3. | allocation - (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructionsassigning, assignment - the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | |
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