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defragmenting

defragmenting is the present participle and gerund 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 defragmenting

What is defragmenting the present participle and gerund of?
Defragmenting is the present participle and gerund of defragment.

Words near defragmenting in the dictionary

  1. defragmentation
  2. defragmentations
  3. defragmented
  4. defragmenter
  5. defragmenters
  6. defragmenting
  7. defragments
  8. defrags
  9. DeFrank
  10. defraud
  11. defraudable

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