Sector

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Sector may refer to:

Places

Geometry

  • Circular sector, the portion of a disc enclosed by two radii and a circular arc
  • Hyperbolic sector, a region enclosed by two radii and a hyperbolic arc
  • Spherical sector, a portion of a sphere enclosed by a cone of radii from the center of the sphere

Social and economic

  • Business sector, part of the economy which involves the trading and sale of products by companies
  • Economic sector, the manufacturing, financial and production of goods for consumers
  • Private sector, business activity created by private enterprise for profit
  • Public sector, delivers social services, infrastructure and institutions administered by government
  • Voluntary sector, a non-profit and voluntary part of an economy provided by organisations
  • "The sector" in the system of government procurement in the European Union refers to the sector of public utilities and special public interests (e.g. infrastructure or defense) where government procurement has more liberties in order to safeguard their availability

Computing

Other uses

See also