In this topic, you will learn about, Difference between Internal and External Fragmentation.
| Internal Fragmentation | External Fragmentation |
| It checks our physical memory or hard-disk. | It compares External memory or Removable disk. |
| It is a memory allocation process used to avoid wastage of memory by removing temporary files. | it only checks buffer memory or ROM and allows to refresh memory information. |
| It also allows for creating a partition. | It allows for creating virtual partitions. |
| It implements buffering or spooling. | It creates a buffering space. |
| It can be implemented with any OS. | It is only used with windows OS. |
| It increases memory access speed. | It increases file access or transfer speed. |
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