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Verb: defragment  dee'frag-munt [N. Amer], ,dee-frag'ment [Brit]
  1. (computing) reduce fragmentation of a file (or all files) on a storage device by moving separated parts into a contiguous location
    "He ran a program to defragment his hard drive and improve its performance";
    - defrag [informal]

Derived forms: defragments, defragmenting, defragmented

Encyclopedia: Defragment