Partition (computing) , the dividing of a hard disk's storage space into independent parts
Partition (mainframe) , for dividing a computer into several independent virtual computers
Partition also refers to an algorithm used in Quicksort which separates a list into two sublists, those elements less than or equal to a value and those greater than it. It is also used in Selection Algorithm s.
Partition Problem , an NP-Complete problem that answers the question: "Given a set of integers, does the set contain two independent subsets such that the sum of each subset is equal?"
More generally, in Musical Set Theory partitioning is the division of the domain of pitch class sets into types, such as transpositional type, see Equivalence Class and Cardinality . +
an old name for types of compositions in several parts; there is no fixed meaning, and in several cases the term was reportedly interchanged with various other terms
