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Fragmentation (computing)

In computer storage, fragmentation is a phenomenon in the computer system which involves the distribution of data into smaller pieces so that storage space, such as computer memory or a hard drive, is used inefficiently, reducing capacity or performance and often both. The exact consequences of fragmentation depend on the specific system of storage…

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Fragmentation (computing)

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples6
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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fragmentation memory system file free blocks space storage data allocated systems external internal block program fragmented allocation performance contiguous page

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processorsinstance ofAnalogous phenomena occur for other resources0.80text
mallocinstance ofoften by an allocator0.80text
disk drivesinstance ofFile systems interact with block devices0.80text
ext4instance offilesystems0.80text
btrfs have an inline data or inline file feature to forgo allocating a cluster for these filesinstance offilesystems0.80text
instead directly store it in the inodeinstance offilesystems0.80text

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