deallocation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]de- + allocation
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]deallocation (countable and uncountable, plural deallocations)
- The act of deallocating.
- Coordinate terms: reallocation, redistribution, reassignment
- (computing) The release of a portion of storage that had previously been allocated to a specific task.