Partition vs Array - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between partition and array is that partition is partition (section of a hard disk separately formatted) while array is clothing and ornamentation. As a verb array is to clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
partition Noun
( en noun)
An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
* Shakespeare
- And good from bad find no partition .
A part of something that has been divided.
The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
- ''Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs
A vertical structure that divides a room.
- a brick partition'''; lath and plaster '''partitions
That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
* Dryden
- No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.
A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
* Milton
- Lodged in a small partition .
(legal) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
(databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
(set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
(music) A musical score.
Usage notes
* (set theory) The elements of the collection are sometimes called the blocks or parts of the partition.
Synonyms
* dismemberment
Derived terms
* equipartition
Related terms
* partite
Verb
( en verb)
(transitive)
To divide something into parts, sections or shares
To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status
To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off
Synonyms
* dismember
Derived terms
* partitioner
* partitionist
Related terms
* partner
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array English
Noun
( en noun)
Clothing and ornamentation.
- (Dryden)
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
* Prescott
- a gallant array of nobles and cavaliers
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
- drawn up in battle array
* Gibbon
- wedged together in the closest array
A large collection.
* Byron
- their long array of sapphire and of gold
- We offer a dazzling array of choices.
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(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially , a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
(legal) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
(military) A militia.
Usage notes
* (any of various data structures) The exact usage of the term , and of related terms, generally depends on the programming language. For example, many languages distinguish a fairly low-level "array" construct from a higher-level "list" or "vector" construct. Some languages distinguish between an "array" and a variety of "associative array"; others have only the latter concept, calling it an "array".
Derived terms
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Antonyms
* (orderly series) disarray
See also
* (any of various data structures) ones-based indexing, zero-based indexing
Verb
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire
- He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal
(legal) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
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