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{{about|segmented computer memory|segments in object code|Object file}}
'''Memory segmentation''' is an [[operating system]] [[memory management (operating systems)|memory management]] technique of division of a [[computer]]'s [[primary memory]] into '''segments''' or '''sections'''. In a [[Computer architecture|computer system]] using segmentation, a reference to a memory ___location includes a value that identifies a segment and an [[offset (computer science)|offset]] (memory ___location) within that segment. Segments or sections are also used in [[object file]]s of compiled programs when they are [[Linker (computing)|linked]] together into a [[program image]] and when the image is [[Loader (computing)|loaded]] into memory.
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