Allocation

(1) Synonym for subscribed allotment. (2) Allocation of securities reduced on a pro rata basis if supply and demand cannot be matched at a certain price.

allocation

Accounting; Auditing

Distribution according to a plan. Depreciation, amortization, and depletion are methods to allocate costs to periods benefited.

allocation

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Quantity of a product, such as a brand of paper, that is rationed to distributors and customers until a specified date.

allocation

Computer; Software; Software engineering

(1) The process of distributing requirements, resources, or other entities among the components of a system or program.~(2) The result of the distribution in (1).

auto mode

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A context-sensitive debugging mode that automatically switches between showing assembly language code in the DISASSEMBLY window and C code in the FILE window, depending on what ...

analog-to-digital (A/D) converter

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A converter with internal sample-and hold circuitry used to translate an analog signal to a digital signal.

assembly mode

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A debugging mode that shows assembly language code in the DISASSEMBLY window and does not show the FILE window, no matter what type of code is currently running.

absolute lister

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A debugging tool that accepts linked files as input and creates .abs files as output. These .abs files can be assembled to produce a listing that shows the absolute addresses of ...