Look up: fragmentation

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   Fragmentation
   Broken up into smaller pieces.
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   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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   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 802.11 fragmentation threshold must be set correctly by the wireless LAN administrator.
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   Fragmentation
   The scattering of parts of the same disk file over different areas of the disk. It slows disk access.
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   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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   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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   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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   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 allocated and then the first one (at the lowest add...
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   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 memory has been allocated in such a way that it has many unallocated areas(fragments)that are too small...
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    fragmentation
    The breaking of an entity into smaller parts. ... Synonym: spallation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    fragmentation
    noun the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
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    Fragmentation
    `Fragmentation` may refer to: * Fragmentation (biology), a form of asexual reproduction * Fragmentation (computer) a phenomenon of computer storage * Fragmentation (economics), a process of globalisation * Fragmentation (music), a compositional technique * Fragmentation (sociology), in urban sociology * Fragmentation (weaponry), a feature of explosive weaponry * Habitat fragmentation * IP fragmentation, a process in computer networking * In waste...
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    fragmentation
    (frag″mәn-ta´shәn) division into small pieces.
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    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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    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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    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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