what is partition?

Answer 1

One part of your hard disk.

Answer 2

When a hard drive is installed in a computer, it must be partitioned before you can format and use it. Partitioning a drive is when you divide the total storage of a drive into different pieces. These pieces are called partitions. Once a partition is created, it can then be formatted so that it can be used on a computer. When partitions are made, you specify the total amount of storage that you would like to allocate to that partition from the total size of the drive. For example, if you have an 80 GB drive, then it would be possible to make one partition consisting of the entire 80 GB of available storage. Alternatively, you could make two partitions consisting of a 20 GB partition that will be used for the operating system and programs and a 60 GB partition set aside for data, music, and images.

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Answer 3

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Definitions of partition:

* a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

* divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"

* division: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

* separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"

* (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

* A partition is a term used in the law of real property to describe the court-ordered division of a concurrent estate into separate portions representing the proportionate interests of the tenants. Under the common law, any tenant who owns an undivided concurrent interest in land can seek such a division. In some cases, the parties agree to a specific division of the land; if they are unable to do so, the court will determine an appropriate division.

* A partition is a division of a logical database or its constituting elements into distinct independant parts.

* In computer engineering, hard disk drive partitioning is the creation of logical divisions upon a hard disk that allows one to apply operating system-specific logical formatting.

* In mathematics, a partition of a set X is a division of X into non-overlapping "parts" or "blocks" or "cells" that cover all of X.

* This is a list of partition topics, in the mathematical sense. For the political sense of the word partition see for example: history of Cyprus, history of Ireland, partition of India, partitions of Poland, 1947 UN Partition Plan (Palestine). The partition disambiguation page lists meanings in other fields as well.

* A logical section of a disk. Each partition normally has its own file system. Unix tends to treat partitions as though they were separate physical entities.

* The name given to an interior wall.

* A wall that subdivides spaces within any story of a building.

* A logical section of a disk in a computer.

* A division of the hard drive, or the process of setting up divisions on the hard drive.

* Logical storage unit. One hard disk can be divided into one or more partitions. Each partition is regarded as one logical storage unit, and normally contains one file system. In the Windows operating systems (95/98/NT/2000) each partition is assigned one station letter (C:, D: etc). For the user it looks like there are several hard disks in the computer. The term partition may also be used in tape context, but the interpretation differs slightly. On may have to partitions on tape. ...

* The section of a hard disk that contains an operating system. There can be at most four partitions on one hard disk. Pascal

Answer 4

i think it is a part of the hard disk......
you cut your hard disk into 2's, 3's etc..