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What (who) is segments - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Segmentation; Segments; Segment (disambiguation); Segmentation (disambiguation); Segment (mathematics); Segment (geometry)
segment
/seg'ment/ 1. <architecture> A collection of pages in a
memory management system.
2. <programming> A separately relocatable section of an
executable program. Unix executables have a text segment
(executable machine instructions), a data segment
(initialised data) and a bss segment (uninitialised data).
3. <networking> network segment.
4. To experience a segmentation fault. Confusingly, the stress
is often put on the first syllable, like the noun "segment",
rather than the second like mainstream verb "segment". This
is because it is actually a noun shorthand that has been
verbed.
5. A block of memory in a segmented address space.
[Jargon File ]
(2004-02-27)
segment
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A segment of something is one part of it, considered separately from the rest.
...the poorer segments of society.
...the third segment of his journey.
= section
N-COUNT: N of n
2.
A segment of fruit such as an orange or grapefruit is one of the sections into which it is easily divided.
N-COUNT
3.
A segment of a circle is one of the two parts into which it is divided when you draw a straight line through it.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
4.
A segment of a market is one part of it, considered separately from the rest.
Three-to-five day cruises are the fastest-growing segment of the market...
Women's tennis is the market leader in a growing market segment-women's sports.
N-COUNT
5.
If a company segments a market, it divides it into separate parts, usually in order to improve marketing opportunities. (BUSINESS)
The big six record companies are multinational, and thus can segment the world market into national ones.
VERB: V n into n
segmentation
Segmentation is the dividing of something into parts which are loosely connected. (TECHNICAL)
N-UNCOUNT
Examples of use of segments
1. They sold the riskiest segments in that market short and went long on the safest segments.
2. Consolidation of position in all segments and getting into new segments have been part of the plans.
3. What segments of Thai society oppose the prime minister?
4. Rather than trying to force high–performing capital into new segments of the economy, it needs to be lured into those segments.
5. Jackson showed segments emphasizing the actress‘ beauty and ebullience.