partition

英 [pɑ?'t??(?)n] 美[pɑr't???n]
  • n. 劃分，分開(kāi)；[數(shù)] 分割；隔墻；隔離物
  • vt. [數(shù)] 分割；分隔；區(qū)分

英英釋意

1. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
3. (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit