What is swap space? Swap space in Linux can be used when a system requires more memory than it has been physically allocated (RAM). When swap space is enabled, Linux systems can swap infrequently used memory pages from physical memory to swap space (either a dedicated partition or a swap file in an existing file system) and free up that space for memory pages that require high-speed access. [1] St
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