:PROPERTIES: :ID: 965c19ef-e936-4f04-9153-e6b74066ef24 :mtime: 20240523072002 :ctime: 20240523071943 :END: #+title: Segmentation (Memory) #+filetags: :operatingsystems:public:project: * Segmentation A [[id:8d783f77-bb66-4e5a-bd87-e028aeb863e0][logical address]] space is segmentated into a collection of segments. Each segment has a name and a length. The addresses specify both the segment name and the offset within the segment. The user therefore specifies each address by two quantities: a segment number and an offset. Thus, a logical address consists of a two tuple: <segment-number, offset>.