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Page In V. [MIT] 1. To Become Aware Of One's Surroundings Again After Having Paged Out (see Page Out).
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page in v.
[MIT] 1. To become aware of one's surroundings
again after having paged out (see page out). Usually confined
to the sarcastic comment: "Eric pages in, film at 11!"
2. Syn. `swap in'; see swap.
Related:
page in: [MIT] vi. 1. To become aware of one's surroundings again after having paged out (see {page out}).
Usually confined to the sarcastic comment: "Eric pages in, {film at 11}!...
page out: [MIT] vi. 1. To become unaware of one's surroundings temporarily, due to daydreaming or preoccupation.
Can you repeat that? I paged out for a minute....
page out vi. [MIT] 1. To become unaware of one's surroundings temporarily, due to daydreaming or preoccupation.
"Can you repeat that? I paged out for a minute." See page in. Compare swap....
wapped out n. See swap. See also page out.
wapped in n. See swap. See also page in.
wap: 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'....
wap 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'....
out of swap space.
moby /moh'bee/ [MIT: seems to have been in use among model railroad fans years ago.
Derived from Melville's "Moby Dick" (some say from `Moby Pickle')....