[TUHS] /dev/drum

Dan Stromberg drsalists at gmail.com
Wed Apr 25 11:27:24 AEST 2018


On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 2:51 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
> Now, how many youngsters know the difference between paging and swapping?

I'm a mere 52, but I believe paging is preferred over swapping.

Swapping is an entire process at a time.

Paging is just a page of memory at a time - like 4K or something thereabout.

BTW: I love Linux :) at least until something better comes along.



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