FRAGMENTATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does fragmentation mean?
• FRAGMENTATION (noun)
The noun FRAGMENTATION has 4 senses:
1. separating something into fine particles
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
4. the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
Familiarity information: FRAGMENTATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FRAGMENTATION (noun)
Meaning:
Separating something into fine particles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
atomisation; atomization; fragmentation
Hypernyms ("fragmentation" is a kind of...):
division (the act or process of dividing)
Meaning:
The disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fragmentation" is a kind of...):
decomposition; disintegration (in a decomposed state)
Meaning:
(computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Context example:
fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file
Hypernyms ("fragmentation" is a kind of...):
storage ((computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Meaning:
The scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("fragmentation" is a kind of...):
blowup; detonation; explosion (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)
