Segments

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of segment form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of segment form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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sectionadjunctaffiliationair lineairlineallotment

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"Some systems, such as Burroughs B5500, do not use paging to implement virtual memory. Instead, they use segmentation, that divide virtual address spaces into variable-length segments. A virtual address consists of a segment number and an offset within the segment."

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