Swapping refers to the exchange of two or more things. For example, in programming data may be swapped between two variables, or things may be swapped between two people. Swapping may specifically refer to: * In computer systems, an older form of memory management, similar to

paging In computer operating systems, memory paging is a memory management scheme by which a computer stores and retrieves data from secondary storage for use in main memory. In this scheme, the operating system retrieves data from secondary storag ...

* Swapping (barter) *

Hot swapping Hot swapping is the replacement or addition of components to a computer system without stopping, shutting down, or rebooting the system; hot plugging describes the addition of components only. Components which have such functionality are sai ...

* Book swapping * Wife swapping * Cumswapping * Clothes swapping

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