Usually means: Reorganizing data to improve efficiency.
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  1. defragmentation: Merriam-Webster
  2. defragmentation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Defragmentation, defragmentation: Wordnik
  4. defragmentation: Wiktionary
  5. defragmentation: Dictionary.com
  6. Defragmentation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. defragmentation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. defragmentation: CCI Computer
  2. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Technopedia (No longer online)
  4. defragmentation: Encyclopedia

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  1. defragmentation: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (defragmentation)

▸ noun:  (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.

Similar:
defragmenter, defragger, fragmentation, decompactor, deforestation, partition, deallocation, compression, fragmenter, autopartitioning, more...

Opposite:
fragmentation, disorganization, chaos, scattering

Types:
offline, online, boot time, live, more...

Phrases:
disk defragmentation, more...

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Similar:
defragmenter, defragger, fragmentation, decompactor, deforestation, partition, deallocation, compression, fragmenter, autopartitioning, more...

Opposite:
fragmentation, disorganization, chaos, scattering

Types:
offline, online, boot time, live, more...

Phrases:
disk defragmentation, more...



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