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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Swap \Swap\, adv. [See {Swap}, n.]
Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swap
n 1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by
barter" [syn: {barter}, {swap}, {swop}, {trade}]
v 1: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: {trade},
{swap}, {swop}, {switch}]
2: move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [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 V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
SWAP
Shared Wireless Application Protocol (HomeRF Association, WAP,
WLAN)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
SWAP
Simple Workflow Access Protocol
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