FRAGMENT

shard, sherd, fragment

(noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact

fragment

(noun) an incomplete piece; “fragments of a play”

fragment

(noun) a piece broken off or cut off of something else; “a fragment of rock”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

fragment (plural fragments)

A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not

(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.

(computing) An incomplete portion of code.

(internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.

Verb

fragment (third-person singular simple present fragments, present participle fragmenting, simple past and past participle fragmented)

(intransitive) To break apart.

(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.

(transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

Synonyms

• fragmentize

Antonyms

• defragment

Source: Wiktionary

Frag"ment, n. Etym: [L. fragmentum, fr. frangere to break: cf. F. fragment. See Break, v. t.]

Definition: A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition