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to deallocate

to deallocate

1 7.0
To free computer memory or other things programs use
  • verb
  • /ˌdiːˈæləˌkeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desasignar
  • Any other object is deallocated once there is no path to it from the root container.

Examples

  • To improve performance, you should regularly deallocate resources that your application is not using.

  • A slight drawback is that the data transformation requires a temporary buffer of size 1/8 n², which is allocated and then deallocated.

    Academic text (2000)

  • So I think OK, well what I need to do is delete the front most cell and then deallocate all those cells that follow it.

  • We first access the top of stack one last time to retrieve its value, then we deallocate that location.

  • As long as you have a strong reference to something, it won't get deallocated.

    Blog text (17)

  • When an object has no more references, the kernel deallocates it.

    Academic text (2011)

  • There is a specially designated root container, which can never be deallocated.

    Academic text (2011)

  • As a result, a shared descriptor segment is deallocated only when it has been closed and unlinked from the container of each process.

    Academic text (2011)

  • You need to enrich the language and the runtime to provide automatic bounds checking and also prevent the programmer from allocating or deallocating memory manually.

    Blog text (1)

  • The program will automatically deallocate memory once the data is no longer needed.

Synonyms

to free up space
vsto deallocate
2 3.2

To make more room by removing or moving things

focuses on releasing previously assigned computer resources like memory
to dispose
vsto deallocate
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Release resources a program uses so they can be used again

is a general release action not tied to a specific method

Antonyms

to allocate
92 4.5

Give parts of something, like money or time, to people for a planned purpose

How Free

to free
74 2.8
release
149 3.6
to deallocate
  • Specialized
1 7.0
to reclaim
25 4.7
to undrive
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

deallocate infinitive
deallocated past
deallocated past participle
deallocating present participle
deallocates third person singular

Morphology

deallocate = allocate (transparent) = de + allocate

The meaning is a straightforward reversal of 'allocate': to remove or undo an allocation.

Etymology

Deallocate combines de- ('remove') and allocate, which is about giving something a 'place', as in location or locate. So to deallocate is to 'remove the place' you gave something, which is why it means freeing memory or other resources.