petition

n 1: a formal message requesting something submitted to an

authority [syn: {request}]

2: reverent petition to a deity [syn: {prayer}, {communion}, {orison}]

v : write a petition for something to somebody; request formally

and in writing

partition

1. A {logical} section of a {disk}. Each partition

normally has its own {file system}. {Unix} tends to treat

partitions as though they were separate physical entities.

2. A division of a set into subsets so that each

of its elements is in exactly one subset.

(1996-12-09)