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swap (EN)
verbo, sostantivo

verbo “swap”

infinito swap; lui swaps; pass. swapped; p.p. swapped; ger. swapping
  1. scambiare
    At recess, the children swapped toys to play with something new.

sostantivo “swap”

sing. swap, pl. swaps o non num.
  1. scambio
    They decided on a swap: her bicycle for his guitar.
  2. un accordo finanziario in cui due parti scambiano flussi di pagamento nel tempo
    The company entered into an interest rate swap to manage its debt costs.
  3. (computing) spazio su disco utilizzato come memoria virtuale quando la RAM è insufficiente
    The system relies on swap to keep programs running when memory is low.