Swap

10 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swap \Swap\, adv. [See {Swap}, n.]
     Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Swapping}.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a
     bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. {Swap} a blow, {Swap},
     v. i.] [Written also {swop}.]
     1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Swap off his
        head!" --Chaucer.
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     2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to
        swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swap \Swap\, v. i. [Cf. {Swap}, v. t.]
     1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. --C.
        Richardson (Dict.).
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              All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. --Chaucer.
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     2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion
        or noise; to flap.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swap \Swap\, n. [Cf. G. schwapp, n., a slap, swap, schwapp,
     schwapps, interj., slap! smack! and E. swap, v.t.]
     1. A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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     2. An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swap
       n : an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by
           barter" [syn: {barter}, {swop}, {trade}]
       v 1: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: {trade},
            {swop}, {switch}]
       2: move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
       [also: {swops}, {swopping}, {swopped}, {swapping}, {swapped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "swap":
     alternate, backscratching, bandy, bang, bargain, barter, bash,
     be quits with, belt, biff, blind bargain, bump, burst, bust,
     buy and sell, change, clap, clash, commute, compensate, cooperate,
     counterchange, crack, crash, crump, deal, dicker, do business,
     even trade, exchange, flap, flop, get back at, get even with,
     give and take, give in exchange, hard bargain, horse trade,
     horse-trade, interchange, knock, logroll, logrolling, pay back,
     permute, pork barrel, pound, rap, reciprocate, report, requite,
     respond, retaliate, return, return the compliment, slam, slap,
     slat, smack, sock, splat, substitute, swap horses, swapping,
     switch, take in exchange, tap, thwack, trade, trade in, trade off,
     trade sight unseen, trade-in, trading, traffic, transpose, truck,
     whack, wham, whap, whomp, whop
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SWAP
       Shared Wireless Application Protocol (HomeRF Association, WAP, WLAN)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SWAP
       Simple Workflow Access Protocol
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  swap 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'. As pieces
     of data or program are needed, they are swapped into {core} for
     processing; when they are no longer needed they may be swapped out
     again. 2. The jargon use of these terms analogizes people's short-term
     memories with core. Cramming for an exam might be spoken of as swapping
     in. If you temporarily forget someone's name, but then remember it, your
     excuse is that it was swapped out. To `keep something swapped in' means
     to keep it fresh in your memory: "I reread the TECO manual every few
     months to keep it swapped in." If someone interrupts you just as you got
     a good idea, you might say "Wait a moment while I swap this out",
     implying that a piece of paper is your extra-somatic memory and that if
     you don't swap the idea out by writing it down it will get overwritten
     and lost as you talk. Compare {page in}, {page out}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  swap
       
           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
          {hard disk} (or a {swap file}) as {virtual memory} or "swap
          space".
       
          When a program is to be executed, possibly as determined by a
          {scheduler}, it is swapped into {core} for processing; when it
          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.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1996-11-22)