partition
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4.8
- noun
- /pɑrˈtɪʃən/
- Specialized
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partición
- In computer science, a partition is created to divide a hard drive into separate sections for better organization.
- data partition
- generate partitions
- partition of the sample
That happens because of UEFI which uses the GPT which is a GUID partition table rather than MBR master boot record.
- That happens because of UEFI which uses the GPT which is a GUID partition table rather than MBR master boot record.
Examples
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The subcontinent's partition saw the Muslim ratio in India drop from nearly 25 percent to 9.61 percent.
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Hit Apply and let Windows create your partitions and then click Next.
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Later in Section 3, we refer to this partition as the special case.
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We want to calculate the partition function for the system.
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Algorithm 4 starts with an initial rectangular partition determined by the sets I and F.
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Excavation also revealed a partition that separated the cellar into multiple rooms.
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Note that 743 belongs to the partition 736,768 labeled by the number 23.
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At the high level, scheduling of data partitions onto PMs is a relatively simple task.
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Discriminative training divides the image space into 54 partitions separated by decision boundaries.
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Furthermore, Kosovo's situation is unique: its independence, and even its partition, is unlikely to trigger further unraveling in the Balkans.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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1.0
A piece of something that, with others, makes a whole
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7.2
A smaller section inside a larger section, for example in a book or manual
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4.1
A smaller part of something that has been split, like a chapter or section
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Etymology
Partition comes from an old Latin word and shares the root part, which means 'part'. So in computing or science a partition is simply one 'part' or section made when something is divided.