swap

• Substantivo que designa a ação de trocar uma coisa por outra, geralmente de valor equivalente; também pode indicar uma substituição ou permuta.

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.

   Troca

   • 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.

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• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de trocar uma coisa por outra. Também pode significar substituir ou permutar algo.

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.

   Trocar

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

   Sinônimosbarterexchangeinterchangesubstituteswitchtrade

   Antônimoskeepretain

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.

   Mover dados na memória

   • 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.

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