Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Jan. 2013
One of the most used uses is that which allows us to refer from the word to that part corresponding to a class or a community that stands out for presenting unique characteristics.
Part belonging to a class and that stands out for its unique characteristics
“The most radical sector of the socialist party plans to launch a new plan of struggle.”
Portion of a territory or parts into which an organization is divided
Also the word sector is used for designate the portion of a certain space or territory. “ The northern sector of the city was the most affected by the rainstorm.”
We also use this sense to indicate the various sections into which a company or organization is divided. “Juan works in the butchery sector of the hypermarket and his brother works in the merchandise replacement sector.”
Each of the economic activities of a nation
Another common use of the word allows to name each of the different production or economic activities of a community. “The labor sector has been greatly affected by the new economic readjustment measures.”
In the mathematics, more precisely in geometry, we find a reference for the word, since in this way the part of a circle that is involved between an arch and two rays, which pass through the extremities of the same.
Sectors of the economy
TO instances of the economy, the concept of sector is widely used to indicate and refer to various issues such as: the economic sector (mention each part of the economic activity); production sector (among others, livestock sector, industrial sector, construction sector, agricultural sector, transport sector); and depending on who has the production property (public sector, private sector, cooperative sector).
Economic activity is certainly broad and is divided into three popular economic sectors, while each of they indicate a part of the economic activity whose components have common characteristics and differ from others; The aforementioned division is made in relation to the production processes involved in each of them.
Thus we find the primary sector or sector agricultural, secondary sector or industrial sector and tertiary sector or service sector.
The primary sector is made up of all those, workers and companies that obtain the economic resources of the natural environment, carrying out tasks such as livestock, agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry, among others.
Meanwhile, the products obtained from this sector are used as raw materials to produce in the industry.
For its part, the secondary sector consists of transforming the raw materials obtained in the first sector into manufactures that will be sold in the market.
And the tertiary sector is characterized by the offer of services such as: transportation, public administration, commerce, communications, entertainment and leisure, among others.
Public sector versus private sector
Another common division that takes place in the economy is the public sector and the private sector.
The public sector is made up of a set of organisms administrative through which the state manages and administers according to what is established by current laws.
The mission is the satisfaction of the needs of the inhabitants of the state and is made up of the three public powers (executive, legislative and judicial), organizations, institutions, companies and people who carry out some type of economic activity representing the condition.
And the private sector is opposed to the previous one and is made up of organizations and companies that are not owned by the state but that are in the hands of individuals, individuals or commercial companies, who manage them with the mission of profiting economically.
Although they have autonomy and are not under state control, private sector companies must respect the laws, that is, their profit motive is free but must be subject to compliance with the regulations current.
Use in computing
And incomputingthere is also a reference for the word sector, since in a HDD, the sector is that part of the surface of the same in which it is possible to store information.
Meanwhile, the most commonly used synonyms for this concept are section and department.
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