alloc

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of allocate.

Verb

alloc (third-person singular simple present alloc's, present participle alloc'ing, simple past and past participle alloc'ed)

1. (programming) Clipping of allocate.
   • 1994 June 12, Eric M Hermanson, “Re: +new vs. +alloc -init”, in comp.sys.next.programmer‎^[1] (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.

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

     Alloc enough space for any possible padding.

   • 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.

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

     Could not alloc enough memory

   • 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).

Etymology 2

Clipping of allyloxycarbonyl.

Alternative forms

• Alloc

Noun

alloc (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, often attributively) Clipping of allyloxycarbonyl.

   alloc protecting group