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  9  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swap  \Swap\,  adv  [See  {Swap},  n.] 
  Hastily.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swap 
  n  :  an  equal  exchange;  "we  had  no  money  so  we  hd  to  live  by 
  barter"  [syn:  {barter},  {swop},  {trade},  {quid  pro  quo}] 
  v  :  exchange  or  give  something  in  exchange  for  [syn:  {trade}, 
  {swop},  {switch}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  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}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  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) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SWAP 
  Shared  Wireless  Application  Protocol  (HomeRF  Association,  WAP,  WLAN) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SWAP 
  Simple  Workflow  Access  Protocol




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