allocation

(n) a share set aside for a specific purpose allotment,
(n) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling, allotment, assignation,
(n) (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions storage allocation,

allotment apportioning apportionment parceling parcelling assignation storage allocation

allocation unit