(Computing) To move data from active memory to secondary storage to free up RAM.
Move data from your computer's fast memory to its slower storage to make room.
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(Computing, technical) To move data from main memory (RAM) to secondary storage (e.g. a swap file on disk) when memory is needed for other processes.
"Under heavy load, the system started to page out processes to disk, causing noticeable slowdowns."
To move a page (of data) out — transparent in computing context.
Move data from your computer's fast memory to its slower storage to make room.
Primarily a technical computing term used in operating systems and systems programming contexts. Rarely encountered outside of IT and computer science. The opposite operation is 'page in'.
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