fragmentation

fragmentation
noun
  1. [mass noun]the process or state of breaking or being broken into small or separate parts
    分裂,破裂,碎裂
    the fragmentation of society into a collection of interest groups.
    社会之分裂为一些利益集团。
    ■(Computing)the storing of a file in several separate areas of memory scattered throughout a hard disk
    (计算机)分段存储
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