defragment

verb

de·frag·ment (ˌ)dē-ˈfrag-mənt

defragmented; defragmenting; defragments

transitive verb

: to reorganize separated fragments of related data on (a computer disk) into a contiguous arrangement

defragmentation

(ˌ)dē-ˌfrag-mən-ˈtā-shən

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noun

Examples of defragment in a Sentence

I defragmented my hard drive.

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