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diff --git a/c-user/glossary.rst b/c-user/glossary.rst index 3f53634..9b9c3c0 100644 --- a/c-user/glossary.rst +++ b/c-user/glossary.rst @@ -419,11 +419,13 @@ Glossary multiprocessor system. A packet is the contents of an envelope. partition - An RTEMS object which is used to allocate and deallocate fixed size - blocks of memory from an dynamically specified area of memory. + This term has two definitions: - partition - Clusters with a cardinality of one are partitions. + 1. A partition is an RTEMS object which is used to allocate and + deallocate fixed size blocks of memory from an dynamically specified + area of memory. + + 2. A :term:`cluster` with a cardinality of one is a partition. Partition Control Block A data structure associated with each partition used by RTEMS to manage |