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Fragmentation vs Consolidation - What's the difference?

fragmentation | consolidation |

As nouns the difference between fragmentation and consolidation

is that fragmentation is the act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration while consolidation is the act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

fragmentation

English

(wikipedia fragmentation)

Noun

  • The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
  • The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
  • (computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
  • (computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

    • Synonyms

    * fragmentization

    Antonyms

    * defragmentation

    consolidation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
  • The combination of several actions into one.
  • (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.

    • Coordinate terms

    *(The act of uniting by combination) defragmentation