defragmentationn.
/ˌdiːfraɡmənˈteɪʃn/, /diːˌfraɡmɛnˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdifræɡmənˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Computing.
The process or an act of defragmenting a file or disk.
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1987 Govt. Computer News 27 Feb. 85/2 Government users get an extra advantage: Backup programs and disk defragmentation programs.
1998 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 35 When I tried to defrag it, the process just stopped for about 10 minutes... A message appeared stating: ‘Defragmentation is still in progress.’
2002 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 27 Jan. e03 Do I need to do a ScanDisk or a defragmentation on this card even though I regularly reformat it?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1987- hold the baby
- hold the bag
- hold the contumacy
- hold the dais
- hold the field
- hold the fort
- hold the gate
- hold the house
- hold the keys of
- hold the line
- hold the plough
- hold the purse strings
- hold the ring
- hold the road
- hold the sack
- hold the scales even or equally
- hold the sceptre, the reins, the plough
- hold the scrimmage
- hold the stage
- hold the sticks to
- hold the stirrup
- hold the touches
- hold thy clappe
- hold to
- hold to account