CEFR B2

swap partition

Translation

スワップパーティション / 仮想メモリ領域

Meaning

A dedicated section of a computer's storage drive (like a hard disk or SSD) used as virtual memory when the physical RAM (Random Access Memory) is full, allowing the system to run more applications or handle larger datasets by moving less-used data from RAM to the swap partition.

Examples

  • 「swap partition」について話すときの英語例です。
    The system administrator decided to increase the size of the swap partition to improve performance.
  • 日常会話で「swap partition」を使う場面です。
    When the computer froze, it was likely because the swap partition was being heavily accessed.