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Memory segmentation refers to the practice of dividing a computer's memory in segments or sections.
Segmentation is an alternative to paging
Memory segmentation is the division of a computer memory into segments or sections. Those segments are used on compiled programs when they are loaded into memory.
Programs are broken up logically according to their functional parts, unlike paging segments do not have a fixed size
In a system that uses segmentation each memory location is referred by a segment identifier and an offset within that segment.