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 ### Segmentation
 
+A protocol that splits message payloads into smaller units during transmission and reassembles them upon reception. The component is instantiated by supplying the appropriate value to SegmentationConfig.
+
 See [SEGMENTATION](./segmentation.md).
 
 ### Scalable Data Sync (SDS)