meaning of swap

1. To strike; -- with off.
2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
3. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
4. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
5. A blow; a stroke.
6. An exchange; a barter.
7. Hastily.
8. swap system> 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 programs memory is transfered. [Jargon File]
9. an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by ">barter"

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