jaotatud

Jaotatud is an Estonian adjective meaning distributed or allocated. It is formed from the verb jaotama, “to distribute or divide,” with the past passive participle suffix -atud. The word describes something that has undergone the action of distributing or partitioning and is typically used to indicate that a whole has been divided into parts or shared among recipients.

In general language, jaotatud describes objects or data that have been divided, spread, or allocated. Examples include jaotatud andmed (distributed data), jaotatud ressursid (allocated resources), and jaotatud hinnad (divided or tiered prices). In technical contexts, jaotatud is common in phrases such as jaotatud süsteem (distributed system) and jaotatud failisüsteem (distributed file system). The sense can cover physical partitioning as well as logical distribution, such as data stored across multiple servers or locations.

Grammar and usage notes: as an attributive adjective, jaotatud agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case (e.g., jaotatud andmed, jaotatud süsteemid; jaotatud andmete, jaotatud süsteemide). It can appear predicatively with a copula: Andmed on jaotatud. The term is widely understood in IT, statistics, and economic contexts as indicating partitioning, allocation, or distribution across parts or nodes.

See also: jaotamine (distribution, partitioning), jaotuvus (distributiveness).