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Fragmentation

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Fragmentation or fragmented may refer to:

Computers

  • Fragmentation (computing), a phenomenon of computer storage
  • File system fragmentation, the tendency of a file system to lay out the contents of files non-continuously
  • Fragmented distribution attack, in computer security
  • IP fragmentation, a process in computer networking

Science

  • Fragmentation (cell biology), in cells
  • Fragmentation (reproduction), a form of asexual reproduction
  • Fragmentation of memory, a psychological disorder
  • Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), a technique to study structure of molecules
  • Fragmentation (weaponry), a feature of explosive weaponry
  • Fragmentation (medicine), an operation that breaks of solid matter in a body part into pieces, such as kidney stones
  • Fragmentation, the quantification by photoanalysis of blasted material
  • Hadronization, with quarks

Other

See also

  • Divergence
  • Fragment (disambiguation)
  • Separation (disambiguation)
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