Fragmentation

Fragmentation (Latin Fragmentum, ( break) piece, remnant ' to frangere break '; - ming formation. Neuzeitl ) has several meanings.

Fragmentation is in computer science:

Of fragmentation is referred to when, in a storage space of unused storage regions (fragments) between used memory areas exist
With block by block data storage for a memory loss when present within the memory blocks unused free memory: Internal fragmentation ( or wastage)
In TCP / IP networks for the allocation of an IP data packet to multiple physical data blocks, see IP fragmentation
In block-oriented data storage media for the distribution of related data on non-consecutive data blocks, see fragmentation ( file system)
For distributed and parallel database systems for the distribution of the data, see denormalization # fragmentation

Fragmentation is in other sciences:

Habitat fragmentation in the ecology of the Verinselung from mainland habitats.
Fragmentation ( mass spectrometry) in physics for the division of a molecule into smaller fragments in different ways in mass spectrometry
In political science for the dismemberment of a parliament in fractions, see fraction ( policy)
In sociology for the effect of the division of labor by capitalism. Everyone does something different, in contrast to earlier communities.