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Fragmentation vs Partitioning - What's the difference?

fragmentation | partitioning |

As nouns the difference between fragmentation and partitioning

is that fragmentation is the act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration while partitioning is the act or result of dividing into partitions; an arrangement of partitions.

As a verb partitioning is

present participle of lang=en.

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

    partitioning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or result of dividing into partitions; an arrangement of partitions.