segmented address space (n)~ An address space that is logically divided into chunks called segments. To address a given location a program must specify both a segment and an offset within that segment. (The offset is a value that references a specific point within the segment based on the beginning of the segment.) Because segments may overlap addresses are not unique; there are many logical ways to access a given physical location. The Intel 80x86 real-mode architecture is segmented; most other microprocessor architectures are flat.