Fragmentation Definition
frăgmən-tāshən, -mĕn-
noun
The act or process of breaking into fragments.
American Heritage
The scattering of the fragments of an exploding bomb or other projectile.
American Heritage
The scattering of parts of a file or files throughout a storage device, as when the operating system breaks up the file and fits it into the spaces left vacant by previously deleted files.
American Heritage
(computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- atomisation
- atomization
Other Word Forms of Fragmentation
Noun
Singular:
fragmentation
Plural:
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