Dictionary Definition
fragmentation
Noun
1 separating something into fine particles [syn:
atomization,
atomisation]
2 the disintegration of social norms governing
behavior and thought and social relationships
3 (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"
4 the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb
explodes
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- 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.
Translations
The act of fragmenting or something fragmented;
disintegration
- Finnish: sirpaloituminen
- German: Fragmentierung, Zersplitterung, Zertrümmerung
The process by which fragments of an exploding
bomb scatter.
- German: Fragmentierung, Zersplitterung
The breaking up and dispersal of a file into
non-contiguous areas of a disk
- Finnish: fragmentaatio
- German: Fragmentierung, Zersplitterung
The breaking up of a data packet when larger
than the transmission unit of a network
- Finnish: fragmentaatio
- German: Fragmentierung, Zersplitterung
Noun
fragmentationExtensive Definition
Fragmentation may refer to:
In biology
- Fragmentation (reproduction), a form of asexual reproduction
- Fragmentation (cell biology)
- Habitat fragmentation
Other
- Fragmentation (computer) a phenomenon of computer storage
- Fragmentation (economics), a process of globalisation
- Fragmentation (music), a compositional technique
- Fragmentation (sociology), in urban sociology
- Fragmentation (weaponry), a feature of explosive weaponry
- IP fragmentation, a process in computer networking
- In waste management, the breaking up waste materials; see Waste management
See also
fragmentation in German: Fragmentierung
fragmentation in French: Fragmentation
fragmentation in Polish: Fragmentacja
fragmentation in Simple English:
Fragmentation
fragmentation in Slovak:
Fragmentácia