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defragmented

defragmented is the simple past and past participle of defragment.

Meaning of defragment

Verb

defragment (third-person singular simple present defragments, present participle defragmenting, simple past and past participle defragmented)

  1. 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.
    • SSDs don't need defragmenting. Windows wont' even let you try to defragment an SSD. However, if you could defragment an SSD, you might shorten the device's lifespan.2013, Dan Gookin, PCs For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    defrag

Questions about defragmented

What is defragmented the simple past and past participle of?
Defragmented is the simple past and past participle of defragment.

Words near defragmented in the dictionary

  1. defraggers
  2. defragging
  3. defragment
  4. defragmentation
  5. defragmentations
  6. defragmented
  7. defragmenter
  8. defragmenters
  9. defragmenting
  10. defragments
  11. defrags

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