Disk partitioning (English Wikipedia)

As used by DEC RT-11 circa 1984, see: "RT-11 System Release Notes" (PDF). Digital Equipment Corporation. December 1983. AA-5826F-TC.
The 1993 Solaris 2.2 installation guide - "Solaris 2.2 Basic Installation Guide" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-04-04. - says in a glossary entry that slice is "A discrete portion of a disk, configured during installation." Under SunOS 4.l.x and System V Release 3, slices were referred to as partitions.
The 1980 Corvus Guide - "Constellation II Generation Guide, Apple II" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-12. - for Apple II installations allows division of a hard disk drive into virtual drives.

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Ward, Brian (2004). How Linux Works: What Every SuperUser Should Know. No Starch Press. p. 39. ISBN 9781593270353.

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The Version 6 Unix man page for the RP-11/RP03 device and driver rp(4) – Version 6 Unix Programmer's Manual - speaks of the disk being divided into portions, pseudo-disks and sections.

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R. J. Creasy (September 1981). "The Origin of the VM/370 Time-Sharing System" (PDF). IBM Journal of Research and Development. 25 (5): 483–490. doi:10.1147/rd.255.0483. ISSN 0018-8646. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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"What are system partition and boot partition?". www.easyuefi.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

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Calkins, Bill (2013). Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-04.

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The pdisk utility for Apple Partition Maps is described as an Apple partition table editor in its pdisk(8) man page: pdisk(8) – Darwin and macOS System Manager's Manual.

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windows-driver-content. "BIOS/MBR-based hard drive partitions". docs.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-12-06.

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"About Disk Labels". System Administration Guide, Volume 1. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2010-04-03. (NB. The Solaris documentation on disklabels uses the term "partition table".)

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As used in IBM CP-67 beginning 1966 see: Rogers, Bob (February 6, 2017). "Virtualization's Past Helps Explain Its Current Importance". TechChannel. Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022. A minidisk is only part of a physical disk but appears to be a separate disk to the guest.

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Calkins, Bill (2013). Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
As used in IBM CP-67 beginning 1966 see: Rogers, Bob (February 6, 2017). "Virtualization's Past Helps Explain Its Current Importance". TechChannel. Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022. A minidisk is only part of a physical disk but appears to be a separate disk to the guest.
The 1993 Solaris 2.2 installation guide - "Solaris 2.2 Basic Installation Guide" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-04-04. - says in a glossary entry that slice is "A discrete portion of a disk, configured during installation." Under SunOS 4.l.x and System V Release 3, slices were referred to as partitions.
The 1980 Corvus Guide - "Constellation II Generation Guide, Apple II" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-12. - for Apple II installations allows division of a hard disk drive into virtual drives.
R. J. Creasy (September 1981). "The Origin of the VM/370 Time-Sharing System" (PDF). IBM Journal of Research and Development. 25 (5): 483–490. doi:10.1147/rd.255.0483. ISSN 0018-8646. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
windows-driver-content. "BIOS/MBR-based hard drive partitions". docs.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
"About Disk Labels". System Administration Guide, Volume 1. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2010-04-03. (NB. The Solaris documentation on disklabels uses the term "partition table".)
"What are system partition and boot partition?". www.easyuefi.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

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R. J. Creasy (September 1981). "The Origin of the VM/370 Time-Sharing System" (PDF). IBM Journal of Research and Development. 25 (5): 483–490. doi:10.1147/rd.255.0483. ISSN 0018-8646. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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R. J. Creasy (September 1981). "The Origin of the VM/370 Time-Sharing System" (PDF). IBM Journal of Research and Development. 25 (5): 483–490. doi:10.1147/rd.255.0483. ISSN 0018-8646. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
Cross, Michael (2008). Scene of the cybercrime. Debra Littlejohn Shinder (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Syngress Pub. ISBN 978-0-08-048699-4. OCLC 272383168.

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Cross, Michael (2008). Scene of the cybercrime. Debra Littlejohn Shinder (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Syngress Pub. ISBN 978-0-08-048699-4. OCLC 272383168.