allocation

n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: {allotment}]

2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; "the

apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is

based on the relative populaton of each state" [syn: {allotment},

{apportionment}, {apportioning}, {parceling}, {parcelling}]

3: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a

magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

colocation

/koh'loh-kay`sh▫n/ or /koh`loh-kay'sh▫n/ (Or

"co-location") Providing network connections such as

{Internet} {leased lines} to several {servers} housed together

in a {server room}. This is typically provided as a

commercial service.

This term is often confused with "collocation"

(/ko`loh-kay'sh▫n/, not /koh'-/), an obscure non-jargon term

for "placement" or "arrangement". This confusion exists

almost exclusively because certain {spellcheckers} reject

"colocation" and people accept the suggested but incorrect

replacement, "collocation" .

The verbal form is "to colocate" or "co-locate" (commonly

/koh'loh`kayt/, also (US) /koh`loh'kayt/).

(1998-07-07)