relocation

Etymology

From re- + location.

noun

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 […]. 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Phase II units in service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 69
   The work to deliver an 18tph service involves relocation of four signals and associated equipment to improve signal spacing. 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 28
   He was also entitled to a relocation payment but has chosen not to take it. June 17 2020, “Network News: Byford appointed to top London transport post”, in Rail, page 16
2. Renewal of a lease.
3. (computing) 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[…] 2000, John R. Levine, Linkers and Loaders, Morgan Kaufmann, page 157