Definition of Defrag

1. Verb. (transitive computing) To defragment (a computer disk). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defrag

1. to eliminate fragmentation in a computer file [v -FRAGGED, -FRAGGING, -FRAGS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defrag

deformative
deformed
deformedness
deformer
deformers
deforming
deformities
deforms
deformylase
deformylases
defoul
defouled
defouling
defouls
defrag (current term)
defragged
defragger
defraggers
defragging
defragment
defragmentation
defragmentations
defragmented
defragmenter
defragmenters
defragmenting
defragments
defrags
defraud

Literary usage of Defrag

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress), Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1810)
"That the Irish estates ore sufficient to defrag the charge of reducing them to their duty.—For of ten millions of plantation.. acres of land, ..."

2. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"“defrag Disks for Real Savings. Info-Tech Advisor, and Disk defragmentation for Windows NTI 2000: Hidden Gold for the Enterprise.” (2000). IDC. ..."

3. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"The new features added were: DoubleSpace disk compression, improved memory management, backup and defrag utilities licensed from ..."

4. Oratory and Orators by William Mathews (1878)
"... that he was not worth the shirt he stood in,— that, had he died at that moment, his estate would not have yielded enough to defrag his funeral charges. ..."

5. The Letters of Marmot Brown: An Anthology of Letters to a Local Newspaper by Malgorzata Dunning Publishing (2005)
"... number of men out there with their hard drives fully loaded and in need of a quick defrag! Teachers and computer porn cases were appearing regularly. ..."

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