relocation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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 […].”

   “The work to deliver an 18tph service involves relocation of four signals and associated equipment to improve signal spacing.”

   “He was also entitled to a relocation payment but has chosen not to take it.”

   “The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plans to have just two US headquarters for its restaurants, which also includes Irvine, California-based Taco Bell and Habit Burger.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Renewal of a lease.
3. (countable, uncountable)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[…]”