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'''Memory segmentation''' is aan computer ([[Primaryoperating memory|primarysystem]]) [[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.

Segments usually correspond to natural divisions of a program such as individual routines or data tables<ref name="holt1961"/> so segmentation is generally more visible to the programmer than [[paging]] alone.<ref name="englander"/>