12. The computer based method of claim 10 , wherein the first portion has a maximum quantity of document identifiers and the second portion has a remainder of the document identifiers.
12. The computer based method of claim 10 , wherein the first portion has a maximum quantity of document identifiers and the second portion has a remainder of the document identifiers. 13. The computer based method of claim 12 , wherein when a quantity of document identifiers in a posting list fails to meet the maximum, the posting list is not partitioned.