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Fragmentation vs Displace - What's the difference?

fragmentation | displace |

As a noun fragmentation

is the act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

As a verb displace is

to move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.

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

    displace

    English

    Verb

    (displac)
  • To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  • To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.

    • Derived terms

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