fragmentation
English
Etymology
fragment + -ation
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file)
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.
Synonyms
- fragmentization
Antonyms
- defragmentation
Derived terms
- Beckmann fragmentation
- Eschenmoser fragmentation
- fragmentation bomb
- fragmentation grenade
Translations
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
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
Derived terms
- défragmentation
Further reading
- “fragmentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.