ALLOCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allocation mean? 

• ALLOCATION (noun)
  The noun ALLOCATION has 3 senses:

1. a share set aside for a specific purpose

2. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

3. (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

  Familiarity information: ALLOCATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLOCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A share set aside for a specific purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

allocation; allotment

Hypernyms ("allocation" is a kind of...):

part; percentage; portion; share (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allocation"):

reallocation (a share that has been allocated again)

quota (a proportional share assigned to each participant)

Derivation:

allocate (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling

Context example:

the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

Hypernyms ("allocation" is a kind of...):

distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allocation"):

grant; subsidisation; subsidization (the act of providing a subsidy)

reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))

deal (the act of apportioning or distributing something)

rationing (the act of rationing)

parcel; portion; share (the allotment of some amount by dividing something)

Derivation:

allocate (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

allocation; storage allocation

Hypernyms ("allocation" is a kind of...):

assigning; assignment (the act of distributing something to designated places or persons)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Derivation:

allocate (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)

 Context examples 

The entity that oversees global IP address allocation, root zone management for the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet protocol assignments.

(Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used to help prioritize allocation of liver allografts for transplantation and replaces the Child-Pugh score.

(Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

It also contains funding policies influencing grant awards, and comparisons with prior year allocations.

(NCI Annual Fact Book, NCI Thesaurus)

The anterior cingulate cortex plays a role in emotion, impulse control, attention allocation, reward anticipation and decision-making.

(Key to Treating Schizophrenia May Be Found in Broccoli, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In such a trial, allocation depends on which arms have been fully enrolled and which are currently open for enrollment.

(Defined Experimental Unit Allocation, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

This subgroup can be used for temporary allocation of novel lesions.

(Adenocarcinoma NOS of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

EXAMPLE(S): adaptive, blocked, stratified, allocation based on past response.

(Defined Experimental Unit Allocation Method Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

An activity that is intended to occur at some point in the context of a particular study and that is the assignment of an experimental unit to a portion of the study, such as an arm or a portion of an arm (when secondary allocations may occur) based on a randomization book.

(Planned Randomization Book Allocation, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

An activity that is intended to occur at some point in the course of a particular study and that is the assignment of an experimental unit to a portion of the study, such as an arm or a portion of an arm (when secondary allocations may occur) based on a randomization book.

(Planned Randomization Book Allocation, NCI Thesaurus)

An administrative activity defined at a global library level that is the assignment of an experimental unit to a portion of the study, such as an arm or a portion of an arm (when secondary allocations may occur).

(Defined Experimental Unit Allocation, NCI Thesaurus)