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It determines the grouping. Play around with below script;
SQL
BEGIN TRANSACTION

	CREATE TABLE SomeTest(
		Field1 INTEGER,
		Field2 CHAR(1),
		Data VARCHAR(50))
		
	INSERT INTO SomeTest VALUES (1, 'C', 'Test')
	INSERT INTO SomeTest VALUES (1, 'A', 'Test')
	INSERT INTO SomeTest VALUES (7, 'C', 'Test')
	INSERT INTO SomeTest VALUES (7, 'A', 'Test')
	INSERT INTO SomeTest VALUES (4, 'C', 'Test')

    SELECT *
         , ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY Field2 ORDER BY Field1 ) 
      FROM SomeTest
    
ROLLBACK 

If you change the field that's being partitioned by to "Field1", you'll see a different grouping in the result-set (with each group receiving a unique numbering).

It's often used with a primary key because some idiot forgot to add an identity-field Smile | :)
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