real estate

( n.)

   May be used for any critical resource measured in units of area. Most
   frequently  used of chip real estate, the area available for logic on
   the  surface of an integrated circuit (see also {nanoacre}). May also
   be  used  of  floor  space  in  a  {dinosaur pen}, or even space on a
   crowded desktop (whether physical or electronic).

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