segment

n 1: one of several pieces or parts that fit with others to

constitute a whole object: "a section of a fishing rod";

"metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the

final segment of the road" [syn: {section}]

2: one of the parts into which something naturally divides: "a

segment of an orange"

v : divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a

compound word" [syn: {section}]

segment

/seg'ment/ 1. A collection of {pages} in a

{memory management} system.

2. 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. {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.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-12-15)