Look up: fragmentation

1. Fragmentation
   Broken up into smaller pieces.
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2. fragmentation
   [n] - the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships 2. [n] - (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk 3. [n] - the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
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3. Fragmentation
   A technique employed in wireless LANs to break larger network packets into smaller units, for transmission over the wireless network. Fragmentation can reduce both the probabilty and the adverse effects of wireless packet corruption, and thereby improve overall wireless network performance. The 802....
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4. Fragmentation
   The scattering of parts of the same disk file over different areas of the disk. It slows disk access.
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5. Fragmentation
   (NETWORK GLOSSARY) The process of breaking a packet into smaller units when transmitting over a network medium that cannot support the original size of the packet.
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6. Fragmentation
   The process by which the available space on a disk drive gets split up into small sections due to the storing and erasing of files. See Defragmentation.
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7. Fragmentation
   The storage of a file in different sections of memory or the hard drive. This decreases the speed that it can be accessed at, slowing the system down.
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8. fragmentation
   the crushing of metal scrap, e.g. scrap vehicles; the breaking-up of, for example, waste to reduce the size of the pieces, by means of pressure, impact or shredding; the process is carried out in a specially constructed, closed device Category: Environment • A situation in which mass mem...
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9. fragmentation
   The breaking of an entity into smaller parts. ... Synonym: spallation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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10. fragmentation
    noun the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
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11. fragmentation
    (frag″mәn-ta´shәn) division into small pieces.
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12. fragmentation
    (from the article `fungus`) ...a single individual gives rise to a genetic duplicate of the progenitor without a genetic contribution from another individual. Perhaps the ... ...or ephyra matures in turn and separates from the end of the strobilus. A few metazoan (multicellular) species regularly undergo a body division ... [2 relate...
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13. Fragmentation
    The splitting of production processes into separate parts that can be done in different locations, including in different countries. One of many terms for the same phenomenon, this particular one (which I seem to favor) originated with Jones and Kierzkowski (1990).
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14. Fragmentation
    A team applied to the practice of splitting an installation`s work force into several small bargaining units rather than striving for a limited number of larger units. This can have the effect of whipsawing management. See whipsawing.
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15. Fragmentation
    [economics] In economics, fragmentation means organization of production in which different stages of production are divided among different suppliers that are located in different countries. Now products traded between firms in different countries are components instead of final products. F...
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16. Fragmentation
    [music] In music composition, fragmentation is the use of fragments or the "division of a musical idea (gesture, motive, theme, etc.) into segments." It is used in tonal and atonal music, and is a common method of localized development and closure. Fragmentation is related to Arnold Schoenbe...
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17. Fragmentation
    [sociology] In urban sociology, fragmentation refers to the absence or the underdevelopment of connections between the society and the groupings of some members of that society on the lines of a common culture, nationality, race, language, occupation, religion, income level, or other common ...
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18. Fragmentation
    [cell biology] In cell biology, fragmentation is the breaking apart of cells or cell organelles into smaller parts. Fragmentation may serve as a normal function for the cell, but may also be the result of a disorder. ==Function== Functions of cell fragmentation include:fragmentation breaks u...
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19. Fragmentation
    [weaponry] Fragmentation is the process by which the casing of an artillery shell, bomb, grenade, etc. is shattered by the detonating high explosive (HE) filling. The correct technical terminology for these casing pieces is fragments (sometimes shortened to frags), although shards or splinte...
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20. Fragmentation
    [computing] In computer storage, fragmentation is a phenomenon in which storage space is used inefficiently, reducing storage capacity and in most cases reducing the performance. The term is also used to denote the wasted space itself. There are three different but related forms of fragmenta...
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21. Fragmentation
    [reproduction] Fragmentation or clonal fragmentation in multicellular or colonial organisms is a form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism is split into fragments. Each of these fragments develop into mature, fully grown individuals that are clones of the original organism. T...
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22. fragmentation
    Type: Term Pronunciation: frag′men-tā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The breaking of an entity into smaller parts. Synonyms: spallation1
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23. fragmentation
    1. (networking) segmentation. 2. The process, or result, of splitting a large area of free memory (on disk or in main memory) into smaller non-contiguous blocks. This happens after many blocks have been allocated and freed. For example, if there is 3 kilobytes of free space and two 1k blocks are a...
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24. fragmentation
    the process by which habitats are increasingly subdivided into smaller units, resulting in their increased insularity as well as in losses of total habitat area. See also edge effect, allee effect.
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25. Fragmentation
    [chemistry] Fragmentation is a type of chemical dissociation. Fragmentation of a molecule can take place by a process of heterolysis or homolysis. It is a phenomenon observed in mass spectrometry where it is used as a tool to find the structural formula of a molecule, process called structur...
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