Sector
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A sector is a part of a whole. As well as the specific usages below, it can also be used metaphorically, referring to a generic piece or portion of something.
- sector can refer to a geographic subdivision, zone, region, area, especially one that is assigned to a military control. For example, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, or Sector division of DHA in Lahore (Pakistan).
- In Code Lyoko, a sector is any of the five places that one can go to in the virtual world of Lyoko.
- In Euclidean plane geometry, a sector is a "pie-shaped" part of a disk enclosed by two radii and an arc. In the special case of the circle being divided into 2 equal sectors, they are called halves; divided into 4 equal sectors, they are called quadrants; divided into 8 equal sectors, they are called octants.
- In computing, a disk sector is a subdivision of disk space.
- In economics, economic activity is often categorised into sectors, in a variety of schemes. For example private sector vs public sector; service sector vs manufacturing sector; primary sector/ secondary sector/ tertiary sector.
- In Formula 1, a sector is a section of the track defined for timing purposes. There are usually 2 or 3 sectors on a track.
- In a mobile phone network, a sector is a small part of the network's radio coverage area, served by a set of antennas and equipment at a cell site.
- In political science, private sector vs public sector conflicts can occur between people who work for the government or public agencies and those who work for private firms; between those who consume services like education, healthcare or transport privately and those who consume in the public sector; and between state-dependent people whose incomes come from state benefits (such as pensions or sick pay) and those whose incomes come from wages or private sources.
- A Sector is a mathematical instrument consisting of two hinged arms with various scales
- Sector is an unincorporated community in West Virginia, in the United States.
- Sector (Star Trek)
- Sector is watch brand.
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