| swap | | |
| n. (act) | 1. barter, swap, swop, trade | an equal exchange.; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" |
| ~ interchange, exchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries).; "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" |
| ~ horse trade, horse trading | the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining). |
| v. (possession) | 2. swap, switch, swop, trade | exchange or give (something) in exchange for. |
| ~ exchange, interchange, change | give to, and receive from, one another.; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
| v. (motion) | 3. swap | move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ thrash | move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation.; "The system is thrashing again!" |
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