External Fragmentation Definition/Meaning:

A form of fragmentation that arises when memory is allocated in units of arbitrary size. When a large amount of memory is released, part of it may be used to meet a subsequent request, leaving an unused pan that is too small to meet any further requests.

Near by Terms: Exception Excess-3 Code Excess Factor Excess-n Notation (excess notation) Exchange in a Network. Exchangeable Disk Store (EDS)   Exchange Selection Exclusive-NOR Gate   Exclusive-OR gate Exclusive-OR Operation Execute Execute Phase Execution States Execute Step Execution Time Executive Program Executive State (supervisor state) Exerciser Existential Quantifier Exit Point (exit) EXNOR Gate EXOR Gate Expectation Experimental Design Expert Systems Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) Exponent Exponentially Bounded Algorithm Exponential Space Exponential Waveform Exponentiation Expression of Requirements Extended Addressing Extended BNF (EBNF) Extensibility Extensible Addressing Extensible Language Extension of a Source Extension Field External Device External Fragmentation External Interrupt External Node External Path Length of a Tree External Sorting External Storage Extrapolation Extrinsic Semiconductor