allocator

«allocator» in Mova's school dictionary: A person or thing that shares out or gives out parts of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an allocator, allocators)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person or thing that shares out or gives out parts of something, such as money, places or jobs. tree →

2) (computing) Part of a computer program that hands out memory space when it is needed. tree →

sense in the lessons

A formal and technical word. In everyday or school use it means the one who divides things up; in computing it is the code that gives out memory. In maths problems, it is the one who shares an amount into parts. Phrases: memory allocator, seat allocator.

examples

• The allocator gave each team a room for the project. tree →
• The teacher acted as the allocator of jobs for the class trip. tree →
• A memory allocator gives programs the space they need. tree →
• The ticket allocator made sure every family got two seats. tree →
• The money allocator divided the budget between the clubs. tree →
• The computer's allocator ran out of free memory. tree →
• Who is the allocator of the parking spaces? tree →

note

Countable: allocators. From the verb allocate (to share out for a purpose); noun allocation. Rare in everyday talk; children mostly meet "allocate" and "allocation". Not the same as "alligator"!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «allocator» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.