# What exactly is "allocation" in Julia?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-exactly-is-allocation-in-julia/89579>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** question, memory-allocation\
**Created:** [October 31, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-exactly-is-allocation-in-julia/89579 "2022-10-31T20:06:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-exactly-is-allocation-in-julia/89579/46 "2022-11-04T14:19:50Z")

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I once started a common allocation mistakes thread here: [Common allocation mistakes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/common-allocation-mistakes/66127)

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