:PROPERTIES: :ID: a7926959-920a-4274-9018-ba617e93c029 :mtime: 20240523070650 :ctime: 20240523070648 :END: #+title: memory fragmentation #+filetags: :public:project: * Memory fragmentation When computer memory is unused, this is called *fragmentation* ** Kinds of Fragmentation There are 2 kinds of fragmentation: 1) [[id:ed5eae72-90c9-4020-b313-5cfa0ccafb4c][internal fragmentation]] 2) [[id:11870137-a897-451d-9dca-c67c9d2c6729][external fragmentation]]