# Sector

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'''Sector''' may refer to:
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==Places==
* [Sector, West Virginia](/source/Sector%2C_West_Virginia), U.S.

==Geometry==
* [Circular sector](/source/Circular_sector), the portion of a disc enclosed by two radii and a circular arc
* [Hyperbolic sector](/source/Hyperbolic_sector), a region enclosed by two radii and a hyperbolic arc
* [Spherical sector](/source/Spherical_sector), a portion of a sphere enclosed by a cone of radii from the center of the sphere

== Social and economic ==
* [Business sector](/source/Business_sector), part of the economy which involves the trading and sale of products by companies
* [Economic sector](/source/Economic_sector), the manufacturing, finance and production of goods for consumers
* [Private sector](/source/Private_sector), business activity created by private enterprise for profit
* [Public sector](/source/Public_sector), delivers social services, infrastructure and institutions administered by government
* [Voluntary sector](/source/Voluntary_sector), a non-profit and voluntary part of an economy provided by organisations
* The sector of the sector directive in [government procurement in the European Union](/source/government_procurement_in_the_European_Union)

==Computing==
* [Cylinder-head-sector](/source/Cylinder-head-sector), an early method for giving addresses to blocks of data on a hard drive
* [Disk sector](/source/Disk_sector), a subdivision of a track on a disk
* Sector, or zone, in [portal rendering](/source/portal_rendering) 
* [Sector/Sphere](/source/Sector%2FSphere), an open source software suite 
* [Sector (instrument)](/source/Sector_(instrument)), a historic calculating instrument

==Other uses==
* [Sector (administrative division)](/source/Sector_(administrative_division))
* [Sector clock](/source/Sector_clock)
* [Sector light](/source/Sector_light)
* [Sector commander](/source/Sector_commander)
* [United States Coast Guard Sector](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard_Sector), a shore-based unit of the U.S. Coast Guard
* Sector, a fictional area of space, e.g. in the [''Foundation'' series](/source/Foundation_(book_series)), ''Star Wars'', ''StarCraft'', ''Warhammer 40,000'', ''Lollipop Chainsaw''
** Sector, or galactic quadrant, [regions of space in ''Star Trek''](/source/List_of_Star_Trek_regions_of_space)
* Sector, and [Sector No Limits](/source/Sector_No_Limits), watch brands
* ''[Sector General](/source/Sector_General)'', a series of science fiction novels by [James White](/source/James_White_(author))

==See also==
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*{{look from|Sectoral}}
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* [Area (disambiguation)](/source/Area_(disambiguation))
* [Region (disambiguation)](/source/Region_(disambiguation))
* [Zone (disambiguation)](/source/Zone_(disambiguation))
* ''[Sectoria](/source/Sectoria)'', a small genus of stone loaches 
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