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Fragmentation vs Fracture - What's the difference?

fragmentation | fracture |

As a noun fragmentation

is the act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

As a verb fracture is

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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

    fracture

    English

    (wikipedia fracture)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
  • (geology) a fault or crack in a rock

    • Derived terms

    * compound fracture * fracture mechanics * greenstick fracture * hairline fracture * incomplete fracture * Jones fracture * simple fracture * Smith's fracture * stress fracture * tracheal fracture * vowel fracture

    Related terms

    * fractal * fraction * fragment

    Verb

  • to break, or cause something to break

    • External links

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