noun
- a person or thing that distributes or assigns resources, tasks, or responsibilities
- a computer program or system component that manages the assignment of memory or other resources
Usage: computing
Examples
- The budget allocator distributed funds among the various departments.
- She works as a resource allocator for the nonprofit organization.
- The memory allocator efficiently manages available RAM for running programs.
- Our team needs a better task allocator to handle project assignments.
- The operating system’s allocator prevents memory conflicts between applications.
- As the chief allocator, he decides how to distribute the company’s resources.