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🔄 To exchange 🔄 An exchange 💾 To move data
to swap

to swap

8 6.5
Move a part of a program into computer memory by moving another part out
  • verb
  • /swɑp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : intercambiar
  • Now, applying one of the conversion functions to the grid swaps the position of pixels, jumbling up the image.

Examples

  • Anyway, probably should have remembered to swap out the wine for the non-alcoholic again.

    Do Your Worst (2023)

  • Swap the destination with the origin in the computer.

    Knock Off (1998)

  • Using Change Shape, you can swap the Process shape to a Decision shape with a single click.

    Blog text (2)

  • So I could for example swap it with the last element.

  • But watch this we're going to swap these RAM sticks.

  • The battery on the Latitude 10 can be swapped for a larger size, which increases potential battery time to 12 hours.

    Blog text (10)

  • What if I want to swap out the SSD for like, a TB SSD?

  • WAD files ("Where's All the Data?") that could be swapped in and out.

    Blog text (20)

  • Servicing is simple; just unplug (they are hot-swap!) a cartridge, plug a new one in, no downtime!

    Blog text (32)

  • You can swap the current program with another one to free up memory.

Antonyms

to retain
60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

Compounds

swap file
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A file on the hard drive used as extra memory when RAM is full

swap space
  • Specialized
6.2

A part of the hard drive used as extra memory when computer memory is full

Surface Forms

swap infinitive
swapped past
swapped past participle
swapping present participle
swaps third person singular

Etymology

Swap in computing comes from the same idea of 'exchange'. It means moving a program or part of it in and out of memory by exchanging it with something else, which is why the word still means to change places.