Compartmentalization or compartmentalisation may refer to:
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Compartmentalization (biology)
Cellular compartments in cell biology comprise all of the closed parts within the cytosol of a eukaryotic cell, usually surrounded by a single or double lipid layer membrane. These compartments are often, but not always, defined as membrane-b ...
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Compartmentalization (engineering)
When referring to engineering, compartmentalization is the general technique of separating two or more parts of a system to prevent wikt:malfunction, malfunctions from spreading between or among them.
This entails the breaking up of a project or ...
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Compartmentalization (fire protection)
Compartmentalization in structures, such as land-based buildings, traffic tunnels, ships, aerospace vehicles, or submarines, is the fundamental basis and aim of passive fire protection.
The idea is to divide a structure into "fire compartments", ...
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Compartmentalization (information security)
Compartmentalization or compartmentalisation may refer to:
* Compartmentalization (biology)
* Compartmentalization (engineering)
* Compartmentalization (fire protection)
* Compartmentalization (information security)
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Compartmentalization (psychology)
Compartmentalization is a form of psychological defense mechanism in which thoughts and feelings that seem to conflict are kept separated or isolated from each other in the mind. It may be a form of mild dissociation; example scenarios that sugg ...
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Compartmentalization of decay in trees
Compartmentalization of decay in trees (CODIT) is a concept created by plant pathologist Alex Shigo after studying wood-decay fungus patterns.
Theoretical background
In keeping with the theory of spontaneous generation, in which living things c ...
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