fragment

Meanings

Noun

• A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
• A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
• An incomplete portion of code.
• A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.

Verb

• To break apart.
• To cause to be broken into pieces.
• To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

Related

Similar words

• fragmentize

Opposite words

• defragment

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin fragmentum ("a fragment, remnant"), from frangere, present active infinitive of frangō. See also fraction.