defragmenting

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A form of defragment — To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of defragment
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APA

defragmenting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defragmenting

MLA

“defragmenting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defragmenting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defragmenting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defragmenting.

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