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Vinony

relocation

noun

  1. in computing, the process of assigning load addresses for position-dependent code and data
  2. process of vacating a fixed location (such as a residence or business) and settling in a different one
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English location English relocation From re- + location.

  1. The act of moving from one place to another.

    “Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves […].”

    “The work to deliver an 18tph service involves relocation of four signals and associated equipment to improve signal spacing.”

  2. Renewal of a lease.
  3. The assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at runtime.

    “A peculiarity of ECOFF relocation entries is that even on 32-bit machines, they're 10 bytes long, which means that on machines that require aligned data, the linker can't just load the entire relocation table into a memory array[…]”