Segment may mean:

• an internal section of a citrus fruit
• Market segment, the smaller subgroups comprising a market

Computing

• Memory segment, the portion of computer memory which may be addressed by a single index register
• Image segment 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, a part of a larger computer network
• A protocol data unit of the transport layer in computing, e. A Fruit in Botany refers to a mature ovary. In fleshy fruits the outer often edible layer is the pericarp, which is the tissue that develops A market segment is a subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs In computing memory segmentation is one of the most common ways to achieve Memory protection; another common one is Paging. In Computer vision segmentation of an image is the division of a given (digital image into contiguous regions A network segment is a portion of a Computer network wherein every device communicates using the same Physical layer. In Telecommunications the term protocol data unit ( PDU) has the following meanings Information that is delivered as a unit among peer g. TCP segment

Geometry

• Line segment, part of a line that is bounded by two end points
• Circular segment, the area which is "cut off" from the rest of the circle by a secant or a chord

Science

• Segment (biology), a repeated part of the metazoan body
• Segment (linguistics), a consonant or vowel
• Segment (rocketry), a controlled rocket motor burn of specified duration

See also

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

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP accepts data from a data stream 'segments' it into chunks and adds a TCP header creating a TCP segment In Geometry, a line segment is a part of a line that is bounded by two distinct end points, and contains every point on the line between its end points In Geometry, a circular segment (also circle segment) is an area of a Circle informally defined as an area which is "cut off" from the rest of Segmentation in biology refers to the division of some Metazoan bodies and Plant body plans into a series of semi-repetitive segments and the question of In Linguistics (specifically Phonetics and Phonology) the term segment may be defined as "any discrete unit that can be identified either

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