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Allocation vs Deallocation - What's the difference?

allocation | deallocation |

As nouns the difference between allocation and deallocation

is that allocation is the process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources while deallocation is the act of deallocating.

allocation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
    • The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.

    Derived terms

    * allocational

    Anagrams

    * ----

    deallocation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of deallocating
  • (computing) The release of a portion of storage that had been previously been allocated to a specific task