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swapping

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swapping

Replacing one segment of a program in memory with another and restoring it back to the original when required. In virtual memory systems, it is called "paging."


swapping - swap


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After every successful trade he generally passed a longer or shorter term in jail; for when a poor man without goods or chattels has the inveterate habit of swapping, it follows naturally that he must have something to swap; and having nothing of his own, it follows still more naturally that he must swap something belonging to his neighbors.
You made a bad hand at swapping when you went to anybody but me, Vincy
As we swam smoothly along between the enchanting shores, we fell to swapping notes about manners and customs in Germany and elsewhere.
 
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