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defragment

verb
/diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/

Etymology

From de- + fragment.

  1. derived from fragmentum — “a fragment, remnant”
  2. inherited from fragment
  3. prefixed as defragment — “de + fragment”

Definitions

  1. To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections…

    To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.

    • SSDs don't need defragmenting. Windows wont' even let you try to defragment an SSD. However, if you could defragment an SSD, you might shorten the device's lifespan.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for defragment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA