Definition of Allocation

Noun: allocation ,a-lu'key-shun

A share set aside for a specific purpose
- allotment
The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
"the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state";
- allotment, apportionment, apportioning, parceling [US], parcelling, assignation
(computing) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
- storage allocation