Allocation may refer to:

Computing

Block allocation map In computer file systems, a block allocation map is a data structure used to track Block size (data storage and transmission), disk blocks that are considered "in use". Blocks may also be referred to as allocation units or Data_cluster, clusters. ...

* C++ allocators *

Delayed allocation Allocate-on-flush (also called delayed allocation) is a file system feature implemented in HFS+, XFS, Reiser4, ZFS, Btrfs, and ext4. The feature also closely resembles an older technique that Berkeley's UFS called "block reallocation". When bloc ...

File allocation table File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default file system for the MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems. Originally developed in 1977 for use on floppy disks, it was adapted for use on Ha ...

* IP address allocation *

Memory allocation Memory management (also dynamic memory management, dynamic storage allocation, or dynamic memory allocation) is a form of resource management applied to computer memory. The essential requirement of memory management is to provide ways to dynam ...

* No-write allocation (cache) *

Register allocation In compiler optimization, register allocation is the process of assigning local automatic variables and Expression (computer science), expression results to a limited number of processor registers. Register allocation can happen over a basic bloc ...

Economics

Asset allocation Asset allocation is the implementation of an investment strategy that attempts to balance risk versus reward by adjusting the percentage of each asset in an investment portfolio according to the investor's risk tolerance, goals and investm ...

Economic system An economic system, or economic order, is a system of production, resource allocation and distribution of goods and services within an economy. It includes the combination of the various institutions, agencies, entities, decision-making proces ...

Market allocation scheme Market allocation or market division schemes are agreements in which competitors divide markets among themselves. In such schemes, competing firms allocate specific customers or types of customers, products, or territories among themselves. For ex ...

Resource allocation In economics, resource allocation is the assignment of available resources to various uses. In the context of an entire economy, resources can be allocated by various means, such as markets, or planning. In project management, resource allocatio ...

Tax allocation district A tax-allocation district (TAD), also known as tax increment financing, is a defined area where real estate property tax monies gathered above a certain threshold for a certain period of time (typically 25 years) to be used for a specified improve ...

Telecommunication

Call-sign allocation plan In telecommunications, call-sign allocation plan is the table of Frequency allocation, allocation of international call sign series contained in the current edition of the ''International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ''Radio Regulations''.'' ''N ...

Frequency allocation Frequency allocation (or spectrum allocation) is the part of spectrum management dealing with the designation and regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum into frequency bands, normally done by governments in most countries. Because radio pr ...

* Type allocation code

Other

Allocution An allocution, or allocutus, is a formal statement made to a court by the defendant who has been found guilty before being sentenced. It is part of the criminal procedure in some jurisdictions using common law. Concept An allocution allows t ...

(law), or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court *

Allocation (oil and gas) In the petroleum industry, Allocation is typically referred to as Production Allocation, which consists of two key components: commercial allocation and technical allocation. Commercial allocation ensures the accurate distribution of revenue and cos ...

in hydrocarbon accounting to assign the proper portions of aggregated petroleum and gas flows back to contributing sources *

Allocation voting Cumulative voting (sometimes called the single divisible vote) is an election system where a voter casts multiple votes but can lump votes on a specific candidate or can split their votes across multiple candidates. The candidates elected are tho ...

in voting *

Location-allocation Location-allocation refers to algorithms used primarily in a geographic information system to determine an optimal location for one or more facilities that will service demand from a given set of points. Algorithms can assign those demand points to ...

, used in geographic information systems (GIS) * The allocation of scarce

resources ''Resource'' refers to all the materials available in our environment which are Technology, technologically accessible, Economics, economically feasible and Culture, culturally Sustainability, sustainable and help us to satisfy our needs and want ...

in operations research

Computing

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Telecommunication

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