Partition

Partition (Latin partitioned division, classification, structure ) or partitioning stands for:

  • The country's division in politics
  • In set theory a subdivision of quantities, see Partition ( set theory )
  • The division of a circuit into sub-circuits (partitions) in the layout or chip design
  • The subdivision of volumes, see partition (disk )
  • The allocation of a server for simultaneous use by multiple operating system instances, see Server Partitioning
  • Databases at the division one table into several parts, see denormalization # partitioning
  • A file system ( Library) on IBM mainframes, see Partitioned Data Set
  • A decision problem in theoretical computer science, see Partitioning Problem
  • In number theory, the partition function
  • In the topology and geometry of the differential partition of unity
  • In graph theory, a special decomposition of the vertex set of a graph, see k- graph partiter
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