defrag
Consolidate scattered files
Defrag is to reorganize data on a computer hard drive so that related pieces are stored together rather than scattered across the disk.
Short for defragment.
Over time, files become fragmented as they're saved in whatever space is available; defragmenting consolidates them for faster access: I need to defrag my laptop—it's running slow.
The term belongs to an earlier era of spinning hard drives; solid-state drives don't benefit from defragmentation.
Utility removing unnecessary files
- clustersGrouped collections
- filesystemData storage organization scheme
- sectorsDistinct portions of something larger
- contiguousSharing a common boundary
free space · disk utility · volume · partition · disk defragmenter · NTFS · FAT32 · platter
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- speedRate of motion
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- boostUpward push or increase
- accelerationRate velocity changes
streamline · improve · enhancement · tuning · boot time · throughput · access time · seek time
Ordered configuration or agreement
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
- tidinessState of being neat
- orderlinessMethodical arrangement of things
scatter · reassemble · piece together · consolidate · gather · unify · collect · declutter
disk cleanup
Utility removing unnecessary files
- clustersGrouped collections
- filesystemData storage organization scheme
- sectorsDistinct portions of something larger
contiguous · free space · disk utility · volume · partition · disk defragmenter · NTFS · FAT32 · platter · magnetic storage
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- speedRate of motion
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- boostUpward push or increase
acceleration · streamline · improve · enhancement · tuning · boot time · throughput · access time · seek time · write speed
arrangement
Ordered configuration or agreement
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
- tidinessState of being neat
orderliness · scatter · reassemble · piece together · consolidate · gather · unify · collect · declutter
- computing verbsrun, execute, process, compute, calculate
- PC maintenancedisk cleanup, antivirus, malware removal, virus scan, system restore
- tech fixesfix, reboot, repair, software patch, reset
- tech jargonAPI, app, backend, bug, cache
- disk operationsread, write, format, copy, delete
- DOS Commandscd, copy, del, type, move
defragfragment
Incomplete portion of whole
fragmentize · scatter · disperse · disorganize · jumble
defragment, defragmentation, defragmenting, defragmented, defragged, defragments, defrags, defragging