noun. The act or process of breaking into fragments.

noun. The scattering of the fragments of an exploding bomb or other projectile.

noun. The scattering of parts of a file or files throughout a storage device, as when the operating system breaks up the file and fits it into the spaces left vacant by previously deleted files.

noun. A breaking up into parts or fragments; specifically, in zoology, a breaking up into parts or joints with become new individuals, as in some Schizomycetes: a form of fission.

noun. the act or process of separating something into small pieces or fine particles.

noun. The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

noun. The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.

noun. The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

noun. The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

noun. (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk

noun. the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes

noun. separating something into fine particles

noun. the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships

"The use of the term fragmentation to describe Google's Android operating system has no merit because people can't agree what the term means, according to an Android developer."

defragmentation  

blowup  decomposition  detonation  disintegration  division  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

antipersonnel  antitank  concussion  disintegration  dislocation  

atomisation  atomization