Demarcation

Demarcation is the act of creating a boundary around a place or thing

Demarcation may also refer to:

• Demarcation line, a temporary border between the countries
• Demarcation problem, the question of which practices of doing science permit the resulting theories to lie within the boundaries of knowledge
• Demarcation dispute, may arise when two different trade unions both claim the right to represent the same class or group of workers
• Demarcation point, in telephony, the point at which the telephone company network ends and connects with the wiring at the customer premises
• Demarcation transactions, starting and ending database transactions using begin, commit, and rollback methods