deallocate
Return system resources
To deallocate is to release previously allocated resources, especially in computing.
When a program deallocates memory, it returns that space to the system for other uses: The function deallocates the buffer when it's no longer needed.
Failing to deallocate leads to memory leaks.
The term appears occasionally outside computing for releasing any assigned resource.
Without payment or restriction
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- releaseTo let go
- garbage collectionScheduled waste removal service
- reclaimTake back possession
dispose · heap · stack · buffer · destructor · deallocation · leak · fragmentation
Apportion anew among parties
- redeployStation elsewhere again
- reassignAllocate to new duties
- reshuffleRearrange elements anew
- transferMove between locations
repurpose · reorganize · restructure · reposition · redirect · reclaim · unassign · shift
free
Without payment or restriction
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- releaseTo let go
- garbage collectionScheduled waste removal service
reclaim · dispose · heap · stack · buffer · destructor · deallocation · leak · fragmentation · pointer
redistribute
Apportion anew among parties
transfer · repurpose · reorganize · restructure · reposition · redirect · reclaim · unassign · shift · divert
free
Without payment or restriction
- detachTo separate from
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
let go · unbind · disconnect · disengage · unassign · return · vacate · yield · give up
- computing verbsrun, execute, process, compute, calculate
- data destructionshredding, shredder, incineration, degaussing, overwriting
- memory managementbuffer, free, heap, stack, deallocation
- disk operationsread, write, format, copy, delete
- memory operationsread, write, load, store, copy
- dev opsdeploy, build, test, commit, push
allocate, allocation, allocated, allocations, allocating, reallocate, reallocation, allocator, unallocated