Cyber Glossary
Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.
Fragmentation
the condition on a disk in which files are scattered around the disk in pieces. The computer is still able to read the files but not with optimum efficiency. Disk fragmentation occurs from the continual deleting of many files over a period of time. Modern operating systems contain applications that defrag disks when directed by a user. These programs should be run periodically.
