1. people or systems that distribute or assign resources, funds, or tasks according to a plan or set of criteria
2. computer programs or system components that manage the assignment of memory or processing resources
Usage: computing

Examples

• The budget allocators decided to increase funding for education.
• Hospital administrators serve as resource allocators during emergencies.
• Memory allocators in the operating system prevent programs from interfering with each other.
• The investment firm’s allocators spread funds across different asset classes.
• Efficient allocators help maximize the use of available computing resources.
• The committee of allocators reviewed all grant applications carefully.
• Modern allocators can dynamically adjust memory usage based on demand.