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A portion of a hard disk that functions as a separate unit. A single hard
disk can be divided into several partitions, each of which functions as a
separate drive and has its own volume name (such as D:, E:, F:, and so
on). The purpose is to make the drive more efficient, as the computer can
search smaller sections for a specific file rather than the entire drive.
The verb to partition refers to the process of dividing the hard drive
into partitions. |