fragmentation
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Noun
fragmentation (countable and uncountable, plural fragmentations)
- The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
- The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
- (computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
- (computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
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act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration
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process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
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the breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk
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the breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network
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French
Etymology
From fragmenter + -tion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁaɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: fragmentations
- Hyphenation: frag‧men‧ta‧tion
Noun
fragmentation f (plural fragmentations)
- fragmentation
- Synonyms: division, éclatement, segmentation
- Antonyms: défragmentation, rassemblement, réunion
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Further reading
- “fragmentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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