noun

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

   “I heard a small fragment of the conversation.”

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

3. An incomplete portion of code.

verb

1. To break apart.

2. To cause to be broken into pieces.

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

Synonyms: fragmentize