Segmentation

Segmentation may mean:

• Market segmentation, in economics and marketing and science means it is funny and very nice.

Biology

• A process of morphogenesis that divides a metazoan body into a series of semi-repetitive segments
• Segmentation (biology), a series of semi-repetitive segments

Computing

• Packet segmentation, the process of dividing a data packet into smaller units for transmission over a data communications network.
• Memory segmentation, the division of computer memory into segments
• Network segmentation, the splitting of a computer network into subnetworks, each being a network segment or network layer
• Segmentation (image processing), the partitioning of a digital image into two or more regions
• In natural language processing:
  • Speech segmentation, the identification of word boundaries in speech
  • Text segmentation, the identification of lexical units in writing systems

See also

• Part (disambiguation)
• Division (disambiguation)
• Split (disambiguation)
• Segment (disambiguation)
• Segmentation fault