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deallocation

UK/diːæləˈkeɪʃən/

deallocation noun: the act of deallocating.

Noun

deallocation (countable and uncountable, plural deallocations)

  1. The act of deallocating.
  2. The release of a portion of storage that had previously been allocated to a specific task.

deallocation meaning in Tamil

deallocation in Tamil

ஒதுக்கீடு விடுத்தல்

Forms of deallocation

pluraldeallocations

Origin of deallocation

From de- + allocation.

Questions about deallocation

What does deallocation mean?
Deallocation means the act of deallocating.
What is deallocation in Tamil?
Deallocation in Tamil is ஒதுக்கீடு விடுத்தல். See Deallocation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deallocation?
Deallocation is a noun.
How do you pronounce deallocation?
Deallocation is pronounced /diːæləˈkeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of deallocation?
The plural of deallocation is deallocations.

Words near deallocation in the dictionary

  1. deallergizing
  2. deallocate
  3. deallocated
  4. deallocates
  5. deallocating
  6. deallocation
  7. deallocations
  8. deallocator
  9. deallocators
  10. dealloyed
  11. dealloying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deallocation (page history and authors); deallocation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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