swap file


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Synonyms for swap file

the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory

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Students enrolled in the core MIS operating systems course were presented with a second scenario involving examining the "swap file," a topic that is included in the course.
The same information is given about swap file and the business of the CPU.
The swap file on the poor old hard disk gets thoroughly thrashed about, as Windows 95 goes about its various tasks.
"We view with relief the serious movement in the prisoner swap file," Hanieh said.
Power semiconductor products are used by Pentium class and hot swap file servers and device bay applications.
However, your system allocates 1MB to 2MB of extended memory to SMARTDrive, which takes real memory away from your Windows applications and forces them to use the much slower disk-based swap file.
Windows sets up a swap file when it boots up, and the size of this swap file is dependent on the largest contiguous block of disk space available.
MEADE, Md - The Defense Information Systems Agency has taken over an online resource that allows Defense Department personnel to swap files too large to be sent by email.