deallocation

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English

Etymology

From de- +‎ allocation.

Pronunciation

Noun

deallocation (countable and uncountable, plural deallocations)

  1. The act of deallocating.
    Coordinate terms: reallocation, redistribution, reassignment
  2. (computing) The release of a portion of storage that had previously been allocated to a specific task.