plural of swap file

(computing) A file on disk used as auxiliary memory.

present participle of swap out

(transitive, computing) To transfer (memory contents) into a swap file. / (transitive or intransitive) To exchange (something or someone) for an unused (or less-used) equivalent.

Anything that is swapped out for another; an exchange. / (television) A pre-prepared food item used in place of an unfinished food item in order to cut down the overall preparation time during filming.

simple past tense and past participle of swap out

To change a part of something, typically a computer, while it is running.

simple past tense and past participle of palette swap

(computer graphics, video games) To change the color palette used to render a palettized image.

(computer graphics, video games) An image that is the same as another but rendered with a different colour palette.