Partition

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Partition may refer to:

HardwareComputing

• Disk partitioning, the division of a hard disk drive
• Memory partition, a subdivision of a computer's memory, usually for use by a single job

Software

• Partition (database), the division of a database
• Logical partition (LPAR), a subset of a computer's resources, virtualized as a separate computer

Problems

• Binary space partitioning
• Partition problem, an NP-complete problem in computer science

Mathematics

• Partition (number theory), a way to write a number as a sum of other numbers
• Multiplicative partition, a way to write a number as a product of other numbers
• Partition of an interval
• Partition of a set
• Partition of unity, a certain kind of set of functions on a topological space
• Plane partition

Natural science

• Partition function (quantum field theory)
• Partition function (statistical mechanics)
• Partition coefficient, a concept in organic chemistry

Law and politics

• Partition (law), the division of an estate
• Partition (politics), a change of political borders
  • Partition of Belgium
  • Partition of Bengal
  • Partition of India
  • Partition of Ireland
  • Partition of Kosovo
  • Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire
  • Partitions of Poland
  • Partition of Quebec
  • Partition of Yugoslavia
  • Partition and secession in California
  • Partition and secession in New York
  • United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine

Film and TV

• Partition (1987 film), 1987 British film
• Partition (2007 film), 2007 British film
• Partition: 1947, or Viceroy's House, 2017 British-Indian film

Music

• Another term for Sheet music
• In set theory, Partition (music)
• "Partition" (song), a song by American singer Beyoncé from her eponymous fifth album Beyoncé (2013)
• Partition, soundtrack to 2007 film by Brian Tyler

Other uses

• Folding screen, a piece of furniture
• Ljubljanica Sluice Gate, also named Pregrada

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