swap

• Nom désignant l'action d'échanger une chose contre une autre, généralement de valeur équivalente.

A noun referring to an act of exchanging one thing for another, typically of equal value.

1. An equal exchangeA2informal

   An act of giving one thing and receiving another of similar value in return.

   échange équitable

   • We made a fair swap of our comic books.
   • The children arranged a swap of their toys.
   • They agreed to a swap of their shifts at work.

   Synonymesbarterexchangeinterchangeswoptrade

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'échanger une chose contre une autre.

A verb used to indicate the act of exchanging one thing for another.

1. Exchange or tradeA2informal

   To give something in exchange for something else.

   échanger

   • They swapped phone numbers after the meeting.
   • I swapped my sandwich for her salad.
   • The children swapped toys during playtime.

   Synonymesbarterexchangeinterchangesubstituteswitchtrade

   Antonymeskeepretain

2. Move data in memoryC1formalIT

   To move a piece of a program or data into or out of the main memory, typically to free up space.

   Échanger des données en mémoire

   • The operating system swaps inactive processes to the hard drive.
   • Memory swapping can slow down the computer if it happens too often.
   • The programmer optimized the code to reduce swapping.

   Synonymesexchangepage