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Festplattendefragmentierung

disk defragmentation

noun FEST-plat-ten-de-frag-men-teer-ung Rare
Communication Technology

Usage Note

Festplattendefragmentierung is the process of reorganising fragmented files on a hard drive so the read head travels shorter distances. Relevant mainly for traditional HDDs; SSDs do not benefit from it. Often abbreviated as Defragmentierung.

Examples

"Er führte die Festplattendefragmentierung durch, um den PC zu beschleunigen."

Natural Translation

He ran the disk defragmentation to speed up the PC.

Literal Translation

He carried out the hard-disk-defragmentation to accelerate the PC.

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