Extent vs Quota - What's the difference?
extent | quota | Related terms |
A range of values or locations.
The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
* '>citation
(computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 27
, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)
, work=The Onion AV Club
(business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
Extent is a related term of quota.
As nouns the difference between extent and quota
is that extent is a range of values or locations while quota is a proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.As an adjective extent
is (obsolete) extended.extent
English
Noun
(en noun)- The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
See also
* scope * ("extent" on Wikipedia)quota
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).}}