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swap

[swop] Pronunciation Key, verb, swapped, swap·ping, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to make an exchange.

–noun

3.	an exchange: He got the radio in a swap.

Also, swop.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME swappen to strike, strike hands (in bargaining); c. dial. G schwappen to box (the ears)

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—Related forms

swapper, noun

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

swap   (swŏp) Pronunciation Key
v.   swapped, swap·ping, swaps

v.   intr.
To trade one thing for another.

v.   tr.
To exchange (one thing) for another.

n.

An exchange of one thing for another.
A contract in which two parties agree to exchange periodic interest payments, especially when one payment is at a fixed rate and the other varies according to the performance of a reference rate, such as the prime rate.

[Middle English swappen, to strike, strike the hands together in closing a bargain.]

swap'per n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
swap

c.1300, "to strike, strike the hands together," possibly imitative of the sound of hitting. The sense of "exchange, barter, trade" is first recorded 1594, possibly from the practice of slapping hands together as a sign of agreement in bargaining. The noun in this sense is attested from 1625.

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swap
noun
1.	an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" [syn: barter]
verb
1.	exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: trade]
2.	move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

swap operating system
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.
[The Jargon File]
(1996-11-22)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.

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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.

2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.

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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.

2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.

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Swap

Swap\, v. i. [Cf. Swap, v. t.]

1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. --C. Richardson (Dict.).

All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. --Chaucer.

2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

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American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary 3rd Edition - Cite This Source - Share This

SWAP
severe weather avoidance procedures