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.