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swap
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vt. 1. [techspeak] To move information from a fast-access memory to a
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slow-access memory ( swap out ), or vice versa ( swap in ). Often refers
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specifically to the use of disks as virtual memory. As pieces of data or
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program are needed, they are swapped into core for processing; when they are
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no longer needed they may be swapped out again. 2. The jargon use of these
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terms analogizes people's short-term memories with core. Cramming for an
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exam might be spoken of as swapping in. If you temporarily forget someone's
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name, but then remember it, your excuse is that it was swapped out. To keep
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something swapped in means to keep it fresh in your memory: I reread the
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TECO manual every few months to keep it swapped in. If someone interrupts
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you just as you got a good idea, you might say Wait a moment while I swap
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this out , implying that a piece of paper is your extra-somatic memory and
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that if you don't swap the idea out by writing it down it will get
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overwritten and lost as you talk. Compare page in , page out.
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