Allocation may refer to:
Computing
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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.
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C++ allocators
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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 blo ...
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File allocation table
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IP address allocation
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Interne ...
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Memory allocation
Memory management is a form of resource management applied to computer memory. The essential requirement of memory management is to provide ways to dynamically allocate portions of memory to programs at their request, and free it for reuse when ...
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No-write allocation (cache)
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Register allocation
In compiler optimization, register allocation is the process of assigning local automatic variables and expression results to a limited number of processor registers.
Register allocation can happen over a basic block (''local register allocatio ...
Economics
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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 investment t ...
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Economic system
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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 ...
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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 allocati ...
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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 improveme ...
Telecommunication
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Call-sign allocation plan
In telecommunication, call-sign allocation plan is the table of allocation of international call sign series contained in the current edition of the ''International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ''Radio Regulations''.''
''Note:'' In the table ...
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Frequency allocation
Frequency allocation (or spectrum allocation or spectrum management) is the allocation and regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum into radio frequency bands, normally done by governments in most countries. Because radio propagation does ...
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Type allocation code
The Type Allocation Code (TAC) is the initial eight- digit portion of the 15-digit IMEI and 16-digit IMEISV codes used to uniquely identify wireless devices.
The Type Allocation Code identifies a particular model (and often revision) of wireless t ...
Other
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Allocution
An allocution, or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court by the defendant who has been found guilty prior to being sentenced. It is part of the criminal procedure in some jurisdictions using common law.
Concept
An allocution allo ...
(law), or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court
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Allocation (oil and gas) In the petroleum industry, allocation refers to practices of breaking down measures of quantities of extracted hydrocarbons across various contributing sources. Allocation aids the attribution of ownerships of hydrocarbons as each contributing elem ...
in hydrocarbon accounting to assign the proper portions of aggregated petroleum and gas flows back to contributing sources
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Allocation voting
Cumulative voting (also accumulation voting, weighted voting or multi-voting) is a multiple-winner method intended to promote more proportional representation than winner-take-all elections such as block voting or first past the post. Cumulativ ...
in voting
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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 t ...
, used in geographic information systems (GIS)
* The allocation of scarce
resources
Resource refers to all the materials available in our environment which are technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally sustainable and help us to satisfy our needs and wants. Resources can broadly be classified upon their av ...
in operations research
See also
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Location (disambiguation)
A location is a fixed geographical point.
Location may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Location'' (EP), a 2005 EP by The Grand Opening
* "Location" (Khalid song), 2016
* "Location" (Dave song), 2019
* Filming location, a place where ...
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