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To: Rick Faurot who wrote (11459)11/11/2000 9:10:58 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen  Read Replies (1) of 14778
 
Could you explain what swapping is and how would I know if this is occurring?

Say all your memory is being used and there is no more room in memory to load an additional program. Now when you try to load another program Windows 98 will make room in memory for your new program by moving one or more of your previously loaded programs to a swap file on your hard disk. Moving a program to a swap file doesn't close a program. The program will still have an icon on the task bar. Next if you were to click on a task bar icon that represents a program that is stored in a swap file one or more of your previously loaded programs will be moved to your swap file and the program you want to run next will be moved from the swap file and loaded in memory in the space just vacated. This process of moving programs between memory and your swap file is called swapping. A swap file is a special file Windows 98 created when you installed Windows 98. Loading a program from a swap file is much faster than re-loading a program you previously closed.

You can tell if swapping is occurring by observing the length of time it takes Windows 98 to respond to your request when you click on a program represented by a task bar icon. There will be a noticeable delay if swapping is occurring. Whereas the response will be essentially instantaneous when there is no swapping.
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