Segment
Encyclopedia
Segment may mean:
  • The divisions found in the internal section of a citrus fruit
  • 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...

    , the smaller subgroups comprising a market


Computing
  • Segmentation (memory)
    Segmentation (memory)
    Memory segmentation is the division of computer memory into segments or sections. Segments or sections are also used in object files of compiled programs when they are linked together into a program image, or when the image is loaded into memory...

    , the division of computer memory into segments
  • Image segment
    Image segment
    In computer vision segmentation of an image is the division of a given image into contiguous regions. In current computer vision algorithms the similarity of image parts is usually defined in terms of color and texture. The goal to automatically segment images into semantically meaningful parts is...

     created in computer vision
  • String segment, the substring of a pattern delimited by two don't cares or one don't care and beginning or end of the pattern
  • Network segment
    Network segment
    A network segment is a portion of a computer network. The nature and extent of a segment depends on the nature of the network and the device or devices used to interconnect end stations.-Ethernet:...

    , a part of a larger computer network
  • A protocol data unit
    Protocol data unit
    In telecommunications, the term protocol data unit has the following meanings:#Information that is delivered as a unit among peer entities of a network and that may contain control information, address information, or data....

     of the transport layer in computing, e.g. TCP segment


Geometry
  • Line segment
    Line segment
    In geometry, a line segment is a part of a line that is bounded by two end points, and contains every point on the line between its end points. Examples of line segments include the sides of a triangle or square. More generally, when the end points are both vertices of a polygon, the line segment...

    , part of a line that is bounded by two end points
  • Circular segment
    Circular segment
    In geometry, a circular segment is an area of a circle informally defined as an area which is "cut off" from the rest of the circle by a secant or a chord. The circle segment constitutes the part between the secant and an arc, excluding the circle's center...

    , the area which is "cut off" from the rest of the circle by a secant or a chord
  • Spherical segment
    Spherical segment
    In geometry, a spherical segment is the solid defined by cutting a sphere with a pair of parallel planes.It can be thought of as a spherical cap with the top truncated, and so it corresponds to a spherical frustum...

    , is a portion of a sphere cut off by a pair of parallel planes


Science
  • 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 repeated part of the metazoan body
  • Segment (linguistics)
    Segment (linguistics)
    In linguistics , the term segment may be defined as "any discrete unit that can be identified, either physically or auditorily, in the stream of speech."- Classifying speech units :...

    , a discrete unit of speech
  • Segment (rocketry), a controlled rocket motor burn of specified duration

See also

  • Seg (disambiguation)
  • Segmentation (disambiguation)
  • Part (disambiguation)
  • Division (disambiguation)
  • Section (disambiguation)
  • Subdivision (disambiguation)
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