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DEFINITION - A defragmenter is a software utility that rearranges the fragments or discontiguous parts of each file stored on a computer hard disk so that the small, empty storage spaces adjacent to fragments can be used, effectively creating new storage space and possibly making file access faster.

See defragmentation.

LAST UPDATED: 07 Jul 2005


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