defragment

== English == === Etymology === From de- + fragment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/, /diːˈfɹæɡmɛnt/ === Verb === defragment (third-person singular simple present defragments, present participle defragmenting, simple past and past participle defragmented) (computing) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== defrag ==== Derived terms ==== defragmentation defragmenter ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === fragmented