Swap or SWAP may refer to:
Finance
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Swap (finance)
In finance, a swap is an agreement between two counterparty, counterparties to trade, exchange financial instruments, cashflows, or payments for a certain time. The instruments can be almost anything but most swaps involve cash based on a notiona ...
, a derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cash flows against another
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Barter
In trade, barter (derived from ''bareter'') is a system of exchange (economics), exchange in which participants in a financial transaction, transaction directly exchange good (economics), goods or service (economics), services for other goods ...
Science and technology
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Swap (computer programming)
In computer programming, the act of swapping two variables refers to mutually exchanging the values of the variables. Usually, this is done with the data in memory. For example, in a program, two variables may be defined thus (in pseudocode):
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, exchanging two variables in the memory of a computer
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Swap partition
In computer operating systems, memory paging is a memory management scheme that allows the physical memory used by a program to be non-contiguous. This also helps avoid the problem of memory fragmentation and requiring compaction to reduce fra ...
, a partition on a computer storage used for paging
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Swap file
In computer operating systems, memory paging is a memory management scheme that allows the physical memory used by a program to be non-contiguous. This also helps avoid the problem of memory fragmentation and requiring compaction to reduce fra ...
, a file on a computer storage used for paging
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SWAP (instrument)
The Sun Watcher using Active Pixel System Detector and Image Processing (SWAP) telescope is a compact extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) imager on board the PROBA-2 mission. SWAP provides images of the solar corona at a temperature of roughly 1 million de ...
(Sun Watcher using Active Pixel System Detector and Image Processing), a space instrument aboard the ''PROBA2'' satellite
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SWAP (New Horizons)
SWAP (solar wind around Pluto) is a science instrument aboard the unmanned ''New Horizons'' space probe, which was designed to fly by dwarf planet Pluto. SWAP was designed to record Solar Wind en route, at, and beyond Pluto. At Pluto, SWAP's purp ...
(Solar Wind At Pluto), a science instrument aboard the uncrewed New Horizons space probe
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SWAP protein domain
In molecular biology, the protein domain SWAP is derived from the term Suppressor-of-White-APricot, a splicing regulator from the model organism ''Drosophila melanogaster''. The protein domain is found in regulators that control splicing. It is fo ...
, in molecular biology
* Size, weight and power (SWaP), see
DO-297
DO-297, Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) Development Guidance and Certification Considerations is one of the primary document by which certification authorities such as the FAA and EASA approve Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) systems for fl ...
Other
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Swåp
Swåp are an Anglo-Swedish band that produce a musical fusion of traditional nordic music and celtic music.
Biography
Swåp was formed in 1995 by Karen Tweed (piano accordion), Ian Carr (guitar) (both UK), Ola Bäckström (fiddle, viola d'a ...
, an Anglo-Swedish folk music band
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Sector-Wide Approach Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) is an approach to international development that "brings together governments, donors and other stakeholders within any sector. It is characterized by a set of operating principles rather than a specific package of polic ...
(SWAp), an approach to international development
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Swap (film)
''Swap'' is a 2015 Philippine crime drama film written and directed by Remton Siega Zuasola. The film stars Dionne Monsanto, Matt Daclan, Mon Confiado, RK Bagatsing, Jess Mendoza and Ligaya Rabago. It was one of the entries in the 2015 Sinag ...
, a 2015 Philippine crime drama film
See also
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Swaps (horse) (1952–1972), a California-bred American Thoroughbred racehorse
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Swapping (disambiguation)
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The Swap
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