fragmentation
英 [frægmen'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,frægmən'teʃən]
英英释意
- 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;
- "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