English

Noun

fragmentation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fragmentations)

1. The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
2. The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
3. (computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
4. (computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

Synonyms

• fragmentization

Antonyms

• defragmentation

Translations

French

Etymology

fragmenter +‎ -tion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁaɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
• Homophone: fragmentations
• Hyphenation: frag‧men‧ta‧tion

Noun

fragmentation f ‎(plural fragmentations)

1. fragmentation

Synonyms

• division
• éclatement
• segmentation

Antonyms

• défragmentation
• rassemblement
• réunion

Derived terms

• défragmentation