A swap is a file located on your hard-drive, which IS the virtual memory. It acts as a storage place for memory when it is not in use. The size of the swap file is generally increased depending on the need for memory.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Memory swap: could someone please explain this to me?
I have an apple powerbook g4 with tiger 10.4.6. I also have Istat Nano, a program to see how your computer is running. In the memory section there is a part that says ';Swap'; then it lists a certain number of megabytes. I was just curious what this is and why sometime's it list 1.5 gb when I only have 768mg of RAM. Obviously it is digging into the virtual memory making my computer slower? How is the number calculated? Does it change often? Thank youMemory swap: could someone please explain this to me?
A swap is a file located on your hard-drive, which IS the virtual memory. It acts as a storage place for memory when it is not in use. The size of the swap file is generally increased depending on the need for memory.bird high school next year
A swap is a file located on your hard-drive, which IS the virtual memory. It acts as a storage place for memory when it is not in use. The size of the swap file is generally increased depending on the need for memory.
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