fragmentation

Meanings

Plural: fragmentations

Noun

• separating something into fine particles
• the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
• (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
  • "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"
• the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
• The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
• The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
• The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
• The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
• A form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.

Synonyms

atomisation, atomization, fragmentization

Antonyms

defragmentation