Frag
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Frag may refer to:
FRAG as an acronym may stand for:
- Fragmentation grenadeFragmentation grenadeA fragmentation grenade is an anti-personnel weapon that is designed to disperse shrapnel upon exploding. The body is made of hard plastic or steel. Flechettes, notched wire, ball bearings or the case itself provide the fragments...
, in military, a type of hand grenade - Frag (military)Frag (military)In the U.S. military, fragging refers to the act of attacking a superior officer in one's chain of command with the intent to kill that officer. The term originated during the Vietnam War and was most commonly used to mean the assassination of an unpopular officer of one's own fighting unit...
, assassination of an unpopular member of one's own fighting unit, occasionally using a fragmentation grenade - Frag (video gaming)Frag (video gaming)Frag is a computer and video game term originating from the word fragging, a term indicating to kill an unpopular superior officer with a fragmentation grenade. A frag is roughly equivalent to "kill", with the typical main difference that the player being "fragged" can instantly respawn in most...
, means to kill someone temporarily in computer games, originated from the military term - Frag (game)Frag (game)Frag is a first-person shooter-themed board game published by Steve Jackson Games in the summer of 2001. It was developed by Steve Jackson and Philip Reed, and illustrated by Alex Fernandez.-Gameplay:...
, a board game published by Steve Jackson Games, inspired from fragging in video games - Fragmentation (reproduction), a form of asexual propagation in aquariums with coral
- Frag, a DC Comics character, and member of The BlastersBlasters (comics)The Blasters are a fictional DC Comics team of superhumans who first appeared in the miniseries Invasion! #1 by Keith Giffen, Bill Mantlo and Todd McFarlane...
- Fragmentation (computer)Fragmentation (computer)In computer storage, fragmentation is a phenomenon in which storage space is used inefficiently, reducing storage capacity and in most cases reducing the performance. The term is also used to denote the wasted space itself....
, a phenomenon in which storage space is used inefficiently in computer storageComputer storageComputer data storage, often called storage or memory, refers to computer components and recording media that retain digital data. Data storage is one of the core functions and fundamental components of computers....
FRAG as an acronym may stand for:
- Free Roaming Action Game, a sub-genre of sandbox video games such as Grand Theft Auto
- Fairbourne Rights of Access Group, a group of people based in FairbourneFairbourneFairbourne is a village on the coast of Barmouth Bay to the south of the estuary of the River Mawddach in Gwynedd, surrounded by the Snowdonia National Park. Before the seaside resort was built the coastal area was known as Morfa Henddol, while the outcrop now occupied by the Fairbourne Hotel was...
on the Welsh coast which is seeking to establish multi-user paths to improve access to the village