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STORAGE ALLOCATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
Synonyms:
allocation; storage allocation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("storage allocation" is a kind of...):
assigning; assignment (the act of distributing something to designated places or persons)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)