Paul Koning writes:
> Interesting... I didn't realize that. The first definition you
> mentioned is certainly the standard one, going back 30-40 years...
Yes, it is the accepted one. However, in Linux, the paging systems
which fall under "kswapd"s control include the removal of clean pages
from each process. Therefore, the term "swapping" under Linux seems
to fit the second definition more closely than the first.
Think of the second as a more optimised swapping technique.
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