Dictionary

defragment en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /diːˈfɹæɡmɛnt/
• /diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fragment English defragment From de- + fragment.

Meanings

1. 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. 2013, Dan Gookin, PCs For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

defragmentation · defragmenter

Synonyms

defrag

Translations (18)

pl defragmentować (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · bn ডিফ্র্যাগমেন্ট করা (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · pt desfragmentar (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · sh defragmentirati (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · cs defragmentovat (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · fr défragmenter (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · gl desfragmentar (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · it deframmentare (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · mi whakatōpū kongakonga (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · de defragmentieren (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · nl defragmenteren (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · ms menyahserpih (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · fi eheyttää (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · hu töredezettségmentesít (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · ms mendefragmentasi (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · pl zdefragmentować (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · es desfragmentar (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous) · id mendefragmentasi (to run a process to make file fragments on a hard disk contiguous)