In Microsoft Windows, as files are deleted the space they were allocated eventually is considered available for use by other files. This creates alternating used and unused areas of various sizes. What is this called?
A. network file storing
B. free space fragmentation
C. alternate data streaming
D. defragmentation
d will be the process to fix that, correct answer is B
The Answer is B – Free Space Fragmentation.
Free Space Fragmentation occurs when either we delete some file space or never use space reversed by filesystem which eventually freed. Defragmentation is the process of bringing these types of free space together. But that comes later. The question asks about free space fragmentation.
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Free space fragmentation
Free (unallocated) space fragmentation occurs when there are several unused areas of the file system where new files or meta data can be written to. Unwanted free space fragmentation is generally caused by deletion or truncation of files, but file systems may also intentionally insert fragments (“bubbles”) of free space in order to facilitate extending nearby files
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_fragmentation
B. free space fragmentation