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contiguous file

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A file on disk that is not broken apart. All sectors are adjacent to each other. A contiguous file is faster to read and write than one that is fragmented across the disk. See fragmentation.
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All defragmenters reunite the scattered file parts back into contiguous files.
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The requirement for contiguous files meant that a newly created file had to fit within a single gap on the disk, or not at all.
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