Broken into separate pieces or parts; lacking unity or coherence.
From Latin 'fragmentum' meaning 'a piece broken off', from 'frangere' meaning 'to break'. The adjective form developed in English by the 17th century to describe both physical and abstract division.
In computer science, fragmented files scattered across a hard drive can slow system performance, leading to the creation of defragmentation software that reorganizes data into contiguous blocks—essentially digital housekeeping.
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