allocation : Idioms & Phrases
allocation unit
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noun a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file
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file allocation table
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noun the part of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk)
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storage allocation
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noun (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
allocation.