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Swap - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Swap : (noun)
1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by
barter" [syn: barter, swop, trade]
(verb)
1: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: trade,
swop, switch]
2: move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Swap : \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swapping.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a
bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. Swap a blow, Swap,
v. i.] [Written also swop.]
1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] ``Swap off
his head!'' --Chaucer.
2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to
swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Swap : \Swap\, v. i. [Cf. Swap, v. t.]
1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. --C.
Richardson (Dict.).
All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. --Chaucer.
2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion
or noise; to flap.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Swap : \Swap\, n. [Cf. G. schwapp, n., a slap, swap, schwapp,
schwapps, interj., slap! smack! and E. swap, v.t.]
1. A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Swap : \Swap\, adv. [See Swap, n.]
Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Swap :
To move a program from fast-access memory
to a slow-access memory ("swap out"), or vice versa ("swap
in"). The term often refers specifically to the use of a
hard disk (or a swap file) as virtual memory or "swap
space".
When a program is to be executed, possibly as determined by a
scheduler, it is swapped into core for processing; when it
can no longer continue executing for some reason, or the
scheduler decides its time slice has expired, it is swapped
out again.
This contrasts with "paging" systems in which only parts of a
program's memory is transfered.
[{Jargon File]
(1996-11-22)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Swap : Shared Wireless Application Protocol (HomeRF Association, WAP, WLAN)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Swap : Simple Workflow Access Protocol
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Swap : vt. 1. [techspeak] To move information from a fast-access memory
to a slow-access memory (`swap out'), or vice versa (`swap in'). Often
refers specifically to the use of disks as `virtual memory'. As pieces
of data or program are needed, they are swapped into core for
processing; when they are no longer needed they may be swapped out
again. 2. The jargon use of these terms analogizes people's short-term
memories with core. Cramming for an exam might be spoken of as swapping
in. If you temporarily forget someone's name, but then remember it, your
excuse is that it was swapped out. To `keep something swapped in' means
to keep it fresh in your memory: "I reread the TECO manual every few
months to keep it swapped in." If someone interrupts you just as you got
a good idea, you might say "Wait a moment while I swap this out",
implying that a piece of paper is your extra-somatic memory and that if
you don't swap the idea out by writing it down it will get overwritten
and lost as you talk. Compare page in, page out.
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Swap |
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InfamousKTA: Swap！ステージ2やっとこさいけた。 |
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