Compartmentalization

Compartmentalization or compartmentalisation (UK) may refer to:

• Cellular compartments, which comprise all closed parts within a cell
• Compartmentalization (engineering), the separating of two or more parts of a system to prevent malfunctions from spreading between or among them
• Compartmentalization (fire protection), the concept of dividing a structure into compartments to limit the spread of fire
• Compartmentalization (information security), the limiting of access to information in order to improve security
• Compartmentalization (psychology), the act of splitting an idea or concept into parts and trying to enforce their distinctness in the mind
• Compartmentalization of decay in trees (CODIT)