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partitioning
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partition
v.
divide, segment, cut into portions; set apart, separate with a divider
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Partition
Partition may refer to:
Computing
- Disk partitioning, the division of a hard disk drive
- Partition (database), the division of a database
- Logical partition (virtual computing platform) (LPAR), a subset of a computer's resources, virtualized as a separate computer
- Memory partition, a subdivision of a computer's memory, usually for use by a single job
- Binary space partitioning
- Partition problem, an NP-complete problem in computer science
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partitioning
Noun
1. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
(synonym) breakdown
(hypernym) analysis, analytic thinking
(hyponym) resolution, resolving
2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
(synonym) division, partition, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation
(hypernym) separation
(hyponym) subdivision
(derivation) partition, partition off
partition
Noun
1. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
(synonym) divider
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) brattice
(derivation) partition off
2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
(synonym) division, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation
(hypernym) separation
(hyponym) subdivision
(derivation) partition off
3. (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
(hypernym) computer memory unit
(classification) computer science, computing
Verb
1. divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"
(synonym) partition off
(hypernym) separate, divide, part
(hyponym) pound, pound off
(derivation) partitionist
2. separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"
(synonym) zone
(hypernym) separate, divide
(hyponym) screen off, separate off
(derivation) divider
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partition
v.
rozdělit; přepažit
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partition
Czas.
dzielić; parcelować; przedzielać coś
