(1) In networking, one piece of a data packet that has been broken into smaller pieces in order to accommodate the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size of a network. See
IP fragmentation.
(2) In a disk file system, a part of a file that is located elsewhere on the disk (not contiguous with the rest of the file). See
fragmentation.
(3) In computer graphics, a pixel that has been transformed from its original state and is ready to update the frame buffer. See
fragment processor.