Thanks so much, I knew Apple utilized this system, I just didn’t know it would have a bearing on files being compressed or removed so I thought your swap meant something else.
John > On Apr 19, 2018, at 12:07 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 19, 2018, at 11:21 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> What is Swap? > > It’s also called virtual memory. When your machine needs more RAM than it > has, it swaps out some of the inactive areas of RAM to the hard drive in > order to free up space. When the swapped-out stuff is needed, it's read back > into RAM and something else is swapped out. > > This means a machine with relatively small RAM can run big programs, at the > expense of speed, because this swapping takes time. > > L^2 > > --- > Lee Larson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The only way I can lose this election is if I’m caught in bed with a dead > girl or a live boy. — Edwin Edwards > New York Times, 1982 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=u75d0dAly2AAQZk66TuNBMQiJoEy7VGEB1A1Ytzc1fk&s=hnBAj7uXEoywuSE8AaM61wFqihwsGAnTo54BroKvjoM&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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