Segmentation
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Segmentation may mean:
  • Market segment
    Market segment
    Market segmentation is a concept in economics and marketing. A market segment is a sub-set of a market made up of people or organizations with one or more characteristics that cause them to demand similar product and/or services based on qualities of those products such as price or function...

    ation, in economics and marketing

Biology
  • A process of morphogenesis
    Morphogenesis
    Morphogenesis , is the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape...

     that divides a metazoan body into a series of semi-repetitive segments
  • Segmentation (biology)
    Segmentation (biology)
    Segmentation in biology refers to either a type of gastrointestinal motility or the division of some animal and plant body plans into a series of repetitive segments. This article will focus on the segmentation of animal body plans, specifically using the examples of the phyla Arthropoda,...

    , a series of semi-repetitive segments

Computing
  • Packet segmentation
    Packet segmentation
    In a data communications networks, packet segmentation is the process of dividing a data packet into smaller units for transmission over the network...

    , the process of dividing a data packet into smaller units for transmission over a data communications network.
  • Memory segmentation, the division of computer memory into segments
  • Network segmentation
    Network segmentation
    Network segmentation in computer networking is the act or profession of splitting a computer network into subnetworks, each being a network segment or network layer...

    , the splitting of a computer network into subnetworks, each being a network segment or network layer
  • Segmentation (image processing)
    Segmentation (image processing)
    In computer vision, segmentation refers to the process of partitioning a digital image into multiple segments . The goal of segmentation is to simplify and/or change the representation of an image into something that is more meaningful and easier to analyze...

    , the partitioning of a digital image into two or more regions
  • In natural language processing:
    • Speech segmentation
      Speech segmentation
      Speech segmentation is the process of identifying the boundaries between words, syllables, or phonemes in spoken natural languages. The term applies both to the mental processes used by humans, and to artificial processes of natural language processing....

      , the identification of word boundaries in speech
    • Text segmentation
      Text segmentation
      Text segmentation is the process of dividing written text into meaningful units, such as words, sentences, or topics. The term applies both to mental processes used by humans when reading text, and to artificial processes implemented in computers, which are the subject of natural language processing...

      , the identification of lexical units in writing systems

See also

  • Part (disambiguation)
  • Division (disambiguation)
  • Split (disambiguation)
    Split (disambiguation)
    Split or The Split may refer to:-Places:* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia* Split Island, an island in Hudson Bay, Canada* Split Island, Falkland Islands* Hạf’liua or Split Island, an island in the Rotuma Group of Fiji...

  • Segment (disambiguation)
  • Segmentation fault
    Segmentation fault
    A segmentation fault , bus error or access violation is generally an attempt to access memory that the CPU cannot physically address. It occurs when the hardware notifies an operating system about a memory access violation. The OS kernel then sends a signal to the process which caused the exception...

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