Programming is the process of developing a scheme for solving a problem using a computer. The programmer's task is to minimize the cost of achieving a solution. This cost involves the interrelated factors of planning, coding, debugging, storage space, and computation time. The storage allocation problem is the subtask of assigning the space-taking objects (programs and data) to the available storage devices (core, drum, disc and magnetic tape).
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