An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. General: A proportional part or share of a fixed total amount or quantity.
   

2. Computers: The amount of a resource (disk, memory, CPU time, etc.)
   that is allocated to a user.

Etymology (EN): From L. quota pars “how big a share?,” from quotus “of what number.”

Etymology (PE): Bahrâl, from bahr “part, portion, share, lot,” → quotient + -âl, → -al.