swap space

1. 1.

   the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory

   Synonymsswap file

   Broaderdisk space

Questions about swap space

What does swap space mean?

swap space means "the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory".

What is another word for swap space?

Close synonyms include swap file. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swap space a common word?

swap space is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.