Segmentation

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Template:Wiktionarypar Segmentation is a general term for the division or partition of something into separate pieces or segments. In specialized senses, it could mean:

• Segmentation (image processing), the partitioning of a digital image into two or more regions.
• In biology:
  • A morphogenesis process that divides a metazoan body into a series of semi-repetitive segments.
  • segmentation (biology), the structure that results from said process.
• Segmentation (music), the breaking down of music into relatively simpler and smaller parts.
• In computing:
  • Segmentation (memory), the division of main memory into memory subsystems.
  • Network segmentation, the splitting of a computer network into subnetworks, each being a network segment or network layer.
  • Image Segmentation, the devision of an image into numerous sub-images, sections or regions for use in Computer Vision
• In natural language processing:
  • Speech segmentation, the identification of word boundaries in speech.
  • Text segmentation, the identification of lexical units in certain scripts, like written Chinese and Japanese.
• Market segmentation, the partitioning of a market into smaller groups.

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