swap

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swap - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Swap \Swap\, adv. [See Swap, n.]
     Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]
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  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.
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     2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to
        swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.
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  Swap \Swap\, v. i. [Cf. Swap, v. t.]
     1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. --C.
        Richardson (Dict.).
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              All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. --Chaucer.
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     2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion
        or noise; to flap.
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  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.]
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     2. An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.
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swap - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  swap
      n 1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by
           barter" [syn: barter, swap, swop, trade]
      v 1: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: trade,
           swap, swop, switch]
      2: move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

swap - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  swap
  swapped in
  swapped out
  swapping
  
     <operating system> 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)
  

swap - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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
     .
  

swap - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  SWAP
         Shared Wireless Application Protocol (HomeRF Association, WAP,
  WLAN)
         

  SWAP
         Simple Workflow Access Protocol
         

swap - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "swap":
     alternate, backscratching, bandy, bang, bargain, barter, bash,
     be quits with, belt, biff, blind bargain, bump, burst, bust,
     buy and sell, change, clap, clash, commute, compensate, cooperate,
     counterchange, crack, crash, crump, deal, dicker, do business,
     even trade, exchange, flap, flop, get back at, get even with,
     give and take, give in exchange, hard bargain, horse trade,
     horse-trade, interchange, knock, logroll, logrolling, pay back,
     permute, pork barrel, pound, rap, reciprocate, report, requite,
     respond, retaliate, return, return the compliment, slam, slap,
     slat, smack, sock, splat, substitute, swap horses, swapping,
     switch, take in exchange, tap, thwack, trade, trade in, trade off,
     trade sight unseen, trade-in, trading, traffic, transpose, truck,
     whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop