Computer Science GCSE
Swapping
What Swapping means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Swapping
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Reference: OCR
The operating system moving pages or blocks of data between RAM and a page file or swap file on secondary storage, in both directions.
Topics that use Swapping
- Primary storage (memory) (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Cache
- Cache size
- Computer start-up sequence
- CPU access to instructions and data
- Page file or swap file
- Primary storage
- Speed and performance
- Start-up and firmware
Using Swapping in the exam
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