segmentation [´seg·mǝn`tā·shǝn] COMMUNICATIONS The division of a long communications message into smaller messages that can be transmitted intermittently. COMPUTER SCIENCE 1. The division of virtual storage into identifiable functional regions, each having enough addresses so that programs or data stored in them will not assign the same addresses more than once. 2. The division of a large computer program into smaller units, called segments. 3. See <<picture segmentation>> ZOOLOGY See <<metamerism>> |