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allocator

noun
/ˈæl.ə.keɪ.tə/UK/ˈæl.əˌkeɪ.tɚ/CA/ˈæl.ə.kæɪ.tə/

Etymology

From allocate + -or.

  1. derived from allocō
  2. borrowed from allocātus
  3. suffixed as allocator — “allocate + or”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, allocates.

  2. A utility that allocates and deallocates a dynamic resource (usually memory).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for allocator. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA