Trailer vs. Fragment

Trailer vs. Fragment — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Trailer and Fragment

Trailernoun

Someone who or something that trails.

Fragmentnoun

A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not

a fragment of an ancient writingI heard a small fragment of the conversation.

Trailernoun

Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.

the trailer of a plant

Fragmentnoun

(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.

Trailernoun

An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.

At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.

Fragmentnoun

(computing) An incomplete portion of code.

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Trailernoun

(US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.

We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.

Fragmentverb

(intransitive) To break apart.

Trailernoun

(US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination, but typically is permanently left in an area designated for such homes.

The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.

Fragmentverb

(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.

Trailernoun

A preview of a film, video game or TV show.

The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.

Fragmentverb

To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

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Trailernoun

A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.

Fragmentnoun

a piece broken off or cut off of something else;

a fragment of rock

Trailernoun

(computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.

The linked list terminates with a trailer record.

Fragmentnoun

a broken piece of a brittle artifact

Trailernoun

(networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.

The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.''

Fragmentnoun

an incomplete piece;

fragments of a play

Trailerverb

To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.

Fragmentverb

break or cause to break into pieces;

The plate fragmented

Trailernoun

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Trailernoun

an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future

Trailernoun

a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor

Trailernoun

a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy