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Fragmentation or fragmented may refer to:

Computers

Fragmentation (computing), a phenomenon of computer storage
File system fragmentation, the tendency of a file system to lay out the contents of files non-continuously
IP fragmentation, a process in computer networking

Fragmentation (cell biology), in cells
Fragmentation (reproduction), a form of asexual reproduction
Fragmentation of memory, a psychological disorder
Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), a technique to study structure of molecules
Fragmentation (weaponry), a feature of explosive weaponry
Fragmentation (medicine), an operation that breaks of solid matter in a body part into pieces, such as kidney stones
Fragmentation, the quantification by photoanalysis of blasted material
Hadronization, with quarks

Fragmentation (economics), a process of globalization
Fragmentation (music), a compositional technique
Fragmentation (sociology), a term used in urban sociology
Feudal fragmentation, in European history
Habitat fragmentation, in an organism's preferred environment
Market fragmentation, the existence of multiple incompatible technologies in a single market segment
Population fragmentation, a form of population segregation
Fragmented (album), a 2006 album by band Up Dharma Down
Fragmentation function, a probability function