Assignment can be the result of granting, granting or establishing.
The term assignment comes from the Latin assignatio . It is the act and result of assigning : indicating, establishing or granting what corresponds. The concept can be used with reference to the amount stipulated as salary or another type of perception.
For example: “The government announced an increase in the Universal Child Allowance” , “The State committed to paying a family allowance to help satisfy the unmet basic needs of those who do not have a job” , “The business chamber agreed to a non-remunerative allocation of 6,500 pesos.”
The Universal Child Allowance for Social Protection
In Argentina , since 2009 , there has been the Universal Child Allowance for Social Protection .
This allowance is paid to unemployed individuals, who have an informal job (black) or who receive an income less than the minimum wage established by law , with a benefit paid for each of their children who are under 18 years of age . If the children are disabled, there is no age limit.
The granting of resources
The idea of assignment is also used with reference to granting, distributing or allowing something . We usually talk about resource allocation , in this framework, to name the way in which funds are distributed in an organization or entity. A mayor, to cite one case, must decide how to allocate municipal resources that are under his control.
Resources can also be people if we analyze the concept from a corporate point of view. Large companies hire dozens or hundreds of employees to cover a wide range of activities, which generally range from issues related to accounting and marketing to those that lead to the creation of the products or services they offer to the market.
Although in this era there is a high degree of organization within the business environment with respect to the tasks performed by each employee, depending on the field, it may happen that a project requires a series of modifications to the staff to meet a very demanding launch date. or to accommodate the incorporation of new talents on a temporary or permanent basis.
In a case like this, the allocation of resources not only consists of investing money and materials in the most convenient way, but also of assigning each person the jobs that best suit their abilities to minimize the extension of the process.
The concept of memory allocation is used in computing.
Memory allocation in computing
In the field of computing, the action of dedicating RAM to a particular process is known as memory allocation , and this can be done statically or dynamically, depending on the case.
Static memory allocation is the action of allocating part of the main memory to a program while it is going through the compilation process, that is, before its execution occurs. In the case of dynamic allocation , this takes place at runtime, as the program requires it.
When resources are limited, software developers can use various techniques to optimize memory allocation to run highly demanding programs on less powerful devices. It is important to note that if the processor assigns the same memory space to two programs, errors of varying severity may occur, depending on the amount of unsaved work or the data that is overwritten. This error is quite common in certain operating systems, and results in the computer apparently spontaneously restarting.
Establishment of a headquarters
Assigning the venue of an event to a country or a city, on the other hand, implies that said territory will host certain activities.
The 2018 Soccer World Cup , in this sense, was assigned to Russia , while the 2022 World Cup was assigned to Qatar .