Allocation

Allocation means reserving memory space to hold some data.

Related concepts:  ValueGarbage Collection

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Memory management — Memory management (also dynamic memory management, dynamic storage allocation, or dynamic memory allocation) is a form of resource management applied to computer memory. The essential requirement of memory management is to provide ways to dynamically allocate portions of memory to programs at their request, and free it for reuse when no longer needed. This is critical to any advanced computer system where more than a single process might be underway at any time.

Misconceptions about Allocation

13 documented Misconceptions

AddMemberAtRuntime

Set of class members can change at runtime

ArrayAllocationWithoutNew

Arrays are created without the new keyword

ArrayBracketCountIsLength

The number of brackets in an array type or an array initializer corresponds to the length of the array

ArraysGrow

Arrays can grow dynamically

ConstructorAllocates

The constructor allocates the object

ConstructorReturnsObject

Constructors need to return objects

ConstructorWithoutNew

One can write the constructor name, without new, to instantiate a class

ObjectsMustBeNamed

A variable is needed to instantiate an object

SuperclassObjectAllocated

When instantiating an object of a subclass, an object of a superclass is also allocated