Segment

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Segment may mean:

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

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

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