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Wapped In N. See Swap. See Also Page In.
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swapped in n.
See swap. See also page in.
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wapped out n. See swap. See also page out.
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!...
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....
ecursion n. See recursion. See also tail recursion.
wab: /swob/ [From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte' instruction, as immortalized in the `dd(1)' option `conv=swab' (see {dd})] 1.
vt. To solve the {NUXI problem} by swapping bytes in a file....
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'....