fragmentation

Meanings

• 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

Synonyms

• atomization
• atomisation

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