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
space".
When a program is to be executed, possibly as determined by a
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.
(1996-11-22)