Segmentation (noun)

The act or process of dividing or partitioning something into segments or parts.

Origin:

19th century: from latin segmentum + -ation.

Examples:

1. The segmentation of the market allowed the company to better target its customers, and to offer products that were tailored to their specific needs.
2. The segmentation of the genome was a critical step in understanding how genetic information was organized and regulated.
3. The segmentation of the speech signal was used to separate different phonemes, or units of sound, in order to analyze and synthesize speech.
4. The segmentation of the video stream was used to divide the content into smaller chunks, which could be transmitted more efficiently over the network.
5. The segmentation of the text was done based on semantic or syntactic criteria, in order to identify and extract meaningful units of information.