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Law

• Partition (law)
  Partition (law)
  
  A partition is a term used in the law of real property to describe an act, by a court order or otherwise, to divide up a concurrent estate into separate portions representing the proportionate interests of the tenants....
  , to divide up a piece of land into separate portions representing the proportionate interests of the tenants. It may also consist of dividing a property with common ownership into identifiable individual ownership

Computing

• Disk partitioning
  Disk partitioning
  
  Disk partitioning is the dividing of the data storage space of a hard disk drive into separate areas referred to as partitions. A partition editor program can be used to create, delete or modify these partitions....
   organization of a disk on PC systems
• RTOS or IMA
  Integrated Modular Avionics
  
  Integrated Modular Avionics represent Real-time computing computer Computer networking airborne systems. This network consists of a number of computing modules capable of supporting numerous applications of differing Life-critical system....
   partitioning: In the case of Integrated Modular Avionics and the use of Real-Time Operating Systems, there are at least four types of partitioning often required: spatial partitioning, temporal partitioning, control partitioning and resource partitioning. Using these techniques, high integrity processes are protected from other, or low integrity, processes.
• Partition (database)
  Partition (database)
  
  A partition is a division of a logical database or its constituting elements into distinct independent parts. Database partitioning is normally done for manageability, optimization or availability reasons....
   division of a database into parts
• Logical partition division of a physical memory into protected areas

Mathematics

• List of partition topics
  List of partition topics
  
  In mathematics, a partition may be* a partition of a set or an ordered partition of a set, or* a partition of a graph, or* a Partition , or* a partition of an interval, or...
  
• Partition of a set
  Partition of a set
  
  In mathematics, a partition of a Set X is a division of X into non-overlapping "parts" or "blocks" or "cells" that cover all of X....
  , a collection of non-empty subsets such that every element belongs to one and only one of the subsets
• Partition (number theory)
  Partition (number theory)
  
  In number theory, a partition of a positive integer n is a way of writing n as a sum of positive integers. Two sums which only differ in the order of their summands are considered to be the same partition; if order matters then the sum becomes a composition ....
  , a way to write a positive integer as a sum of other positive integers; the partition function gives the number of different ways to partition a number
• Multiplicative partition
  Multiplicative partition
  
  In number theory, a multiplicative partition or unordered factorization of an integer n that is greater than 1 is a way of writing n as a product of integers greater than 1, treating two products as equivalent if they differ only in the ordering of the factors....
  , a way to write an integer greater than 1 as a product of other integers that are also greater than 1.
• Partition problem
  Partition problem
  
  In computer science, the partition problem is an NP-complete problem. The problem is to decide whether a given multiset of integers can be partition of a set into two "halves" that have the same sum....
  , an NP-complete problem: given a set of integers, can the set be partitioned into two subsets with equal sums?
• A partition of unity
  Partition of unity
  
  In mathematics, a partition of unity of a topological space X is a set of Continuous function s, , from X to the unit interval [0,1] such that for every point, ,...
   is a set of functions whose sum is the constant function
• Partition of an interval
  Partition of an interval
  
  In mathematics, a partition of an interval [a, b] on the real number line is a finite sequence of the formSuch partitions are used in the theory of the Riemann integral, the Riemann-Stieltjes integral and the regulated integral....
  , used in the theory of the Riemann integral and the Riemann-Stieltjes integral

Music

• Partition (music) — a method of creating segments from sets when the twelve-tone technique is used

Film

• Partition (film)
  Partition (film)
  
  Partition is a 2007 in film film, directed by Vic Sarin, written by Patricia Finn and Vic Sarin, and starring Jimi Mistry and Kristin Kreuk....
  
• Partition (1987 film)
  Partition (1987 film)
  
  Partition is a film by award-winning director Ken McMullen, film director. The film is set in the turmoil surrounding the transfer of political power in British Raj from United Kingdom to Indian hands and the Partition of India into History of Pakistan and History of the Republic of India in 1947....
  

Physics and chemistry/biology

• Partition function (statistical mechanics)
  Partition function (statistical mechanics)
  
  In statistical mechanics, the partition function Z is an important quantity that encodes the statistics properties of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium....
  
• Partition function (quantum field theory)
  Partition function (quantum field theory)
  
  In quantum field theory, we have a generating functional, Z[J] of Correlation function and this value, called the partition function is usually expressed by something like the following functional integral:...
  
• Partition coefficient
  Partition coefficient
  
  In the fields of organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry, a partition or distribution coefficient is the ratio of concentrations of a chemical compound in the two phases of a mixture of two immiscible solvents at equilibrium....
  

Political geography

• Partition (politics)
  Partition (politics)
  
  In political science, a partition is a change of political borders cutting through at least one community?s homeland. That change is done primarily via diplomatic means, and use of military force is negligible....
  

• Partitions of Poland
  Partitions of Poland
  
  The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth....
   and Poland-Lithuania in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries
• 1905 Partition of Bengal
  Partition of Bengal (1905)
  
  The Partition of Bengal in 1905, was made on 16 October by then Viceroy of India, George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. Due to the high level of political unrest generated by the Partition , the eastern and western parts of Bengal were reunited in 1911....
   and 1947 Partition of Bengal
  Partition of Bengal (1947)
  
  The Partition of Bengal in 1947, part of the Partition of India, was a Partition that divided Bengal into the two separate entities of West Bengal belonging to India, and East Bengal belonging to Pakistan....
  
• Partition of India
  Partition of India
  
  File:Brit IndianEmpireReligions3.jpgThe Partition of India was the Partition of British India that led to the creation, on August 14, 1947 and August 15, 1947, respectively, of the Sovereignty states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India ....
   (colonial British India) in 1947 into the independent dominions (later republics) of India and Pakistan (which included modern day Bangladesh)
• Partition of Punjab
  Patiala and East Punjab States Union
  
  The Patiala and East Punjab States Union was a former States and territories of India of India. It was created out of the merger of several Punjab regioni princely states on July 15 1948, formally becoming a state of India in 1950....
   in 1966 into the states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
• Partition of Pakistan
  Bangladesh Liberation War
  
  The Bangladesh Liberation WarBangladesh Liberation War/nomenclature justification was an armed conflict pitting West Pakistan against East Pakistan and India, that resulted in the secession of East Pakistan to become the independent nation of Bangladesh....
   in 1971, when East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Liberation War
• 1947 UN Partition Plan
  1947 UN Partition Plan
  
  The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or s:United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 was a plan adopted by a decision of the UN General Assembly on November 29, 1947....
   for Palestine (region)
• Partition of Ireland
  Partition of Ireland
  
  The partition of Ireland between the north-eastern Northern Ireland and the rest of Ireland took place on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920....
   in 1920 into the independent Irish Free State and Northern Ireland
• Treaty of Kars
  Treaty of Kars
  
  The Treaty of Kars was a friendship treaty between the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, which in 1923 declared the Republic of Turkey, and representatives of Soviet Armenia, Soviet Azerbaijan and Soviet Georgia with participation of Bolshevist Russia....
   of 1921, which partitioned Ottoman Armenia between the republic of Turkey and the then Soviet Union (Western and Eastern Armenia)
• Partition of Vietnam
  Partition of Vietnam
  
  The Partition of Vietnam was the establishment of the Seventeenth parallel as the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone in 1954, splitting Vietnam into halves after the First Indochina War....
   in 1954
• Partitions of Luxembourg
  Partitions of Luxembourg
  
  There have been three Partitions of Luxembourg since 1659. Together, the three Partition s reduced the territory of Luxembourg from 10,700 km? to the present-day area of 2,586 km? over a period of 240 years....
  , last in 1838 into Duchy of Luxembourg and Belgian province
• The hypothetical partition of the Canadian province of Quebec
  Partition of Quebec
  
  Partition in Politics of Quebec refers more correctly to the secession of regions of the province of Quebec than to Partition . It is usually discussed as a possibility in the event of Quebec secession from Canada....
  

Furniture

• Office partitions, which may be used to form cubicle
  Cubicle
  
  A cubicle, cubicle desk or office cubicle is a partially enclosed workspace, separated from neighboring workspaces by partitions that are usually five to six feet tall....
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• Folding screens such as Byobu
  Byobu
  
  are Japanese folding screens made from several joined panels bearing decorative painting and calligraphy, used to separate interiors and enclose private spaces, among other uses....
  
• Industrial partitions generally constructed of wire mesh panels. These wire partitions are used to separate and/or secure different zones within an industrial manufacturing or distribution facility.

See also

• Division (disambiguation)
• Stratification
  Stratification
  
  Stratification is the building up of layers, and can have several meanings*Social stratification, is the dividing of a society into levels based on wealth or Power ....