What does SWAP mean?

Definitions for SWAP
swɒpswap

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SWAP.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. barter, swap, swop, tradeverb

    an equal exchange

    "we had no money so we had to live by barter"

  2. trade, swap, swop, switchverb

    exchange or give (something) in exchange for

  3. swapverb

    move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

Wiktionary

  1. swapnoun

    A roughly equal exchange of two comparable things.

  2. swapnoun

    A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.

  3. swapverb

    To strike, hit.

  4. swapverb

    To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

  5. Etymology: Uncertain, probably from imitative origin.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Swapadverb

    Hastily; with hasty violence: as, he did it swap. A low word.

    Etymology: ad suipa, to do at a snatch, Islandick.

  2. To Swapverb

    To exchange. See To Swop.

ChatGPT

  1. swap

    Swap generally refers to the act of exchanging or replacing one thing with another. It can be used in various contexts such as finance, computing, or everyday life, and it typically involves two parties who both have something that the other party wants or needs.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Swapverb

    to strike; -- with off

  2. Swapverb

    to exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop

  3. Swapverb

    to fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently

  4. Swapverb

    to beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap

  5. Swapnoun

    a blow; a stroke

  6. Swapnoun

    an exchange; a barter

  7. Swapnoun

    hastily

  8. Etymology: [See Swap, n.]

Wikidata

  1. Swap

    In finance, a swap is a derivative in which counterparties exchange cash flows of one party's financial instrument for those of the other party's financial instrument. The benefits in question depend on the type of financial instruments involved. For example, in the case of a swap involving two bonds, the benefits in question can be the periodic interest payments associated with the bonds. Specifically, the two counterparties agree to exchange one stream of cash flows against another stream. These streams are called the legs of the swap. The swap agreement defines the dates when the cash flows are to be paid and the way they are calculated. Usually at the time when the contract is initiated at least one of these series of cash flows is determined by a random or uncertain variable such as an interest rate, foreign exchange rate, equity price or commodity price. The cash flows are calculated over a notional principal amount. Contrary to a future, a forward or an option, the notional amount is usually not exchanged between counterparties. Consequently, swaps can be in cash or collateral. Swaps can be used to hedge certain risks such as interest rate risk, or to speculate on changes in the expected direction of underlying prices.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Swap

    swop, v.t. to barter.—n. an exchange.—adj. Swap′ping, large. [Swop.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. swap

    1. [techspeak] To move information from a fast-access memory to a slow-access memory (swap out), or vice versa (swap in). Often refers specifically to the use of disks as virtual memory. As pieces of data or program are needed, they are swapped into core for processing; when they are no longer needed they may be swapped out again. 2. The jargon use of these terms analogizes people's short-term memories with core. Cramming for an exam might be spoken of as swapping in. If you temporarily forget someone's name, but then remember it, your excuse is that it was swapped out. To keep something swapped in means to keep it fresh in your memory: “I reread the TECO manual every few months to keep it swapped in.” If someone interrupts you just as you got a good idea, you might say “Wait a moment while I swap this out”, implying that a piece of paper is your extra-somatic memory and that if you don't swap the idea out by writing it down it will get overwritten and lost as you talk. Compare page in, page out.

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    Rank popularity for the word 'SWAP' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4081

Anagrams for SWAP »

  1. wasp

  2. WSPA

  3. paws

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SWAP in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SWAP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of SWAP in a Sentence

  1. Getty Images:

    In that type of prisoner swap, you're supposed to finish your sentences and respect the judgment of each respective country.

  2. Julie Bishop:

    We're concerned that the consequences of entering into some of these financing arrangements will be detrimental to their long-term sovereignty, we want to ensure that they retain their sovereignty, that they have sustainable economies and that they are not trapped into unsustainable debt outcomes. The trap can then be a debt-for-equity swap and they have lost their sovereignty.

  3. Chris Toumazou:

    It is a lab in a cartridge effectively, the key is that with this test you go straight from a saliva swap or a nasal swab into the cartridge with no transport and no laboratory.

  4. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

    I asked for a pause in their preparations for the executions of Mr Sukumaran and Mr Chan so that we could explore some kind of prisoner swap, or prisoner transfer, or a swap of their Indonesian prisoners who are in jail in Australia for a stay of execution for Mr Sukumaran and Mr Chan.

  5. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

    What we are seeking to do is have an opportunity to talk about options that might be available in the area of prisoner transfer or prisoner swap, absolutely no details, but we are seeking opportunities to explore every option that might be available to us every avenue that might be available to save the lives of these two men.

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