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storage allocation

storage allocation

5.4
Giving parts of a computer's memory or disk to hold files and programs
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : asignación de almacenamiento
  • Proper storage allocation is essential for optimizing the performance of a computer system.

And so you there was an art to sort of arranging the storage allocation to make fetching data rapid.

Examples

  • The system's storage allocation determines how much memory each application can use.

  • And so you there was an art to sort of arranging the storage allocation to make fetching data rapid.

    Lex Fridman

  • To improve efficiency, the engineers reviewed the storage allocation for each software program.

Synonyms

allotment
vsstorage allocation
  • UK
5 4.6

The giving out of things according to a plan

is specific to assigning memory or disk within computers rather than general distribution
allocation
vsstorage allocation
  • Specialized
4 5.9

Assigning parts of a computer disk to store data

includes assigning both memory and disk rather than disk only

Antonyms

deallocation
  • Specialized
7.7

To free memory or other resources so programs can use them again

Surface Forms

storage allocation singular
storage allocations plural

Morphology

storage + allocation

The phrase is fully compositional: 'storage' denotes memory/disk space and 'allocation' denotes the act of assigning, so 'storage allocation' straightforwardly means assigning storage to data. This noun–noun/OF-relational pattern is regular and common in technical registers and across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Storage allocation comes from the image of a warehouse: storage is like shelves for boxes and allocation is the act of giving each box a place so everything fits. So in computers, storage allocation means giving parts of memory or the disk a place 'to hold data'.