31 Jan
2022
31 Jan
'22
11:01 a.m.
There is a discussion of the origin of the term "partition" in storage
devices such as HDDs at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Disk_partitioning#Where_did_the_term_%22p
artition%22_originate?
It seems clear it was used in memory well before HDDs but when it got
started there is unclear.
* IBM PC DOS v2 was an early user in 1983 with FDISK and its first PC
support of HDDs
* UNIX, Apple OS's and IBM mainframe all seem to come later.
Partitioning as a "slice" probably predates IBM PC DOS v2
Would appreciate some recollections about DEC usage, other minicomputers and
the BUNCH.
You can either post directly to Wikipedia or let me know; links to
references would greatly be appreciated
Tom