Segment
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Segment may refer to:
In mathematics, science, and technology
Computing
- Segmentation (memory), the division of computer memory into segments
- Image segment, created in computer vision
- string segment, a possibly smaller portion of a string (text string or bit-string).
- Network segment, a part of a larger computer network
- A protocol data unit of the transport layer in computing, e.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
- Spherical segment, is a portion of a sphere cut off by a pair of parallel planes
Other uses in science and technology
- Segmentation (biology), a repeated part of the metazoan body
- Segment (linguistics), a discrete unit of speech
- The divisions found in the internal section of a citrus fruit
- Segmentary lineage, a model in social anthropology