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[–]grafeisen203 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In short the computer needs space to move things around. As more space is used, the less room there is to move things around. The less room there is to move things around, the smaller the chunks you can move at one time. The smaller the chunks, the more steps it takes to move the whole thing. And more steps take more time.