Fragmentation

noun

,frægmən'teɪʃən

Noun

(computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
“fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file”
Type of:Storage
separating something into fine particles
Similar:AtomisationAtomization
Type of:Division
the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
Type of:DecompositionDisintegration
the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
Type of:DetonationBlowupExplosion