espaço de troca
1. A designated area on a hard disk or storage device used by the operating system to temporarily store data when physical RAM memory is full
When your computer runs out of RAM, it uses swap space to continue operating, though at a slower speed.
Quando o computador fica sem memória RAM, ele usa o espaço de troca para continuar funcionando, embora mais lentamente.
2. Virtual memory allocated on secondary storage to extend the available memory capacity of a system
Increasing swap space can help prevent system crashes when memory usage is high.
Aumentar o espaço de troca pode ajudar a evitar travamentos do sistema quando o uso de memória é alto.
This is primarily a technical computing term used by system administrators, developers, and IT professionals in both Brazil and the USA. In Brazil, the English term 'swap' is commonly used alongside the Portuguese 'espaço de troca' in technical documentation and professional settings. Understanding swap space is considered fundamental knowledge in computer science education in both countries.
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