Habitat fragmentation describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment (habitat), causing population fragmentation and ecosystem decay.

Breakage of DNA into pieces.

Explosives designed to scatter shrapnel.

Fragmentation in a technology market happens when a market is composed of multiple highly-incompatible technologies or technology stacks, forcing prospective buyers of a single product to commit to an entire product ecosystem, rather than maintaining free choice of complementary products and services.

Explosives that shatter into lethal pieces.

Explosive device shatters into shrapnel.

Explosive device disperses smaller projectiles.