Verb

alloc (third-person singular simple present alloc's, present participle alloc'ing, simple past and past participle alloc'ed)Category:English lemmas#ALLOCCategory:English verbs#ALLOCCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALLOCCategory:Pages with entries#ALLOCCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ALLOC

1. (programmingCategory:en:Programming#ALLOC) Clipping of allocateCategory:English clippings#ALLOC.
   • 1994 June 12, Eric M Hermanson, “Re: +new vs. +alloc -init”, in comp.sys.next.programmer‎ (Usenet):

     If you simply use alloc then init, you can't check for the existence of the object before it gets alloc'ed. If you use a single +new method (or something similar), then you can check for the existence of the object before it gets allocated in memory.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALLOC

   • 2001, John Viega, Gary R. McGraw, Building Secure Software:

     Alloc enough space for any possible padding.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALLOC

   • 2011, Stephen G. Kochan, Programming in Objective-C, page 413:

     Among the things this analyzer is capable of detecting is simple memory leaks. For example, it can find an object you alloc'ed but forgot to release.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALLOC

   • 2012, Helmut J. Helpenstein, CAD Geometry Data Exchange Using STEP, page 86:

     Could not alloc enough memory

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALLOC

   • 2022, Handbook for CTFers, page 331:

     Generally, the data ins the stack should not be changed, a simple packing would choose to push such information into the stack (to alloc a new space on the stack).

     Category:English terms with quotations#ALLOC

Alternative forms

• Alloc

Noun

alloc (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#ALLOCCategory:English nouns#ALLOCCategory:English uncountable nouns#ALLOCCategory:English uncountable nouns#ALLOCCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALLOCCategory:Pages with entries#ALLOCCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ALLOC

1. (organic chemistryCategory:en:Organic chemistry#ALLOC, often attributively) Clipping of allyloxycarbonylCategory:English clippings#ALLOC.

   alloc protecting groupCategory:English terms with collocations#ALLOC