🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

分区

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fēnqū

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Partitioning/pɑːrˈtɪʃənɪŋ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"硬盘的分区可以提高性能。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of dividing something into parts or sections.

    "The partitioning of the land into smaller plots allowed for more efficient farming."
  2. 2

    In computing, the division of a hard disk into separate sections that can be managed independently.

    "Partitioning the hard drive improved the organization of files and increased performance."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'partitioning' originates from the Middle English word 'particion', which comes from the Latin 'partitio', meaning 'a dividing'. The evolution of the term reflects the concept of dividing something into parts, which has been used in various contexts, including mathematics and computer science.

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