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defrag, v.

Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈdiːfrag/, /ˌdiːˈfrag/, U.S. /ˈdiˌfræg/, /ˌdiˈfræg/

Etymology:Shortened < defragment v. Compare defrag n. and slightly earlier
defragger n.

Computing.
  trans. and intr. = defragment v.
1988 20 Meg versus 40 Meg in comp.sys.mac(Usenet newsgroup)19 Feb.,
There are at least two programs which will defrag a ‘virtual disk’.

1990 San Francisco Chron.(Nexis)8 Oct. f10Michael announced that it
was time for him to defrag my hard disk.

1995 Desktop Publishers Jrnl. July 43/2Go out of your way to maintain your
drives by defragging and ‘disk doctoring’.


2001 My Business MayJune 50/2Learn to defrag and scan your hard disk
regularly.

Derivatives
 
 deˈfragging adj. and n.

1989 Hard Drive Defragger in comp.sys.atari.st(Usenet newsgroup)7 Sept.,I
have had no problems yet. But you should backup your HD before using any
defragging program.

1989 Defragging a Hard Disk in comp.sys.atari.st(Usenet newsgroup)27 Sept.,
With regard to my posting about defragging, here's a caution.

1997 T3 Jan. 33/1Windows 95 comes with its own perfectly capable
defragging program.
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