Fragmentation
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The process of storing a data file in several "chunks" or fragments rather than in a single contiguous sequence of bits in one place on the storage medium.
Framework senses
- §1
- The process of storing a data file in several "chunks" or fragments rather than in a single contiguous sequence of bits in one place on the storage medium.
- §1
- separating something into fine particles
- §2
- the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
- §3
- the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
- §4
- the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships