defragmentation

Noun

Meaning

defragmentation (countable and uncountable, plural defragmentations)

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

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Although automatic defragmentation is intended to reduce access delays, performance will be temporarily reduced while the procedure is in progress. Source: Internet

A true defragmentation tool does not exist for ext3. Source: Internet

Since many fragments are created for compressible files, defragmentation may take longer. Source: Internet

Some computer operating systems perform defragmentation automatically. Source: Internet

This image shows a disk defragmentation in progress. Source: Internet

Disk defragmentation -- how beneficial is it really? Source: Internet

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