Fragmentation

noun

Word Frequency: 4.4

Definitions

1.nounThe act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

2.nounThe process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.

3.nounThe breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

4.nounThe breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

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