Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To reorganize (a storage device) to eliminate or reduce fragmentation.
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- verb computing To run a process that collects
fragments of files and sorts them intocontiguous sections on one or morehard disks or hard diskpartitions , thus speeding up file management.
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Examples
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If the disk is otherwise fine one way to defragment is to clone everything to a backup drive, erase the first drive, then clone everything back again.
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A friend of mine suggested that I "defragment" my computer every once in a while.
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The preinstalled Windows Disk Defragmenter tool, search for "defragment" under the Start menu in Windows 7, or look for it under Programs
NYT > Home Page By ERIC A. TAUB 2010
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The Battle Studies star revealed his plans for the cleanse before Christmas, explaining that he wanted to "defragment" his mind for the new year.
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Yeah, a file-to-file copy will kind of defragment my system, but is there something wrong with my method?
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Mayer thinks giving some of these up for a while might be a good way to "defragment" our minds.
TechCrunch 2009
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A friend of mine suggested that I "defragment" my computer every once in a while.
All Things Digital 2008
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A friend of mine suggested that I "defragment" my computer every once in a while.
All Things Digital Walter S. Mossberg 2008
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Users should not use defragment or scan the virtual drives while using the program. vSubst is free and available for Windows only. vSubst [via Addictive Tips]
VSubst Turns Any Folder Into A Virtual Drive | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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With UltraDefrag you can defragment your entire disk, defragment based on the file and folder — handy if your disk defragmentation is limited to a handful of frequently edited and altered files — and set it up to defragment during the boot process to access files Windows usually has locked.
UltraDefrag Is A Portable And Open-Source Disk Defragmenter | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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