paging file

English

Alternative forms

page file, pagefile

Noun

paging file (plural paging files)

(computing) An area of storage on disk that the operating system uses as if it were RAM.^[1]

Translations

area of storage on disk used as if it were RAM

Greek: αρχείο σελιδοποίησης (el) (archeío selidopoíisis)
Hungarian: lapozófájl

See also

References

^ A screenshot with this term and the definition in Windows 7, from the article What Is the Windows Page File, and Should You Disable It? by Chris Hoffman, updated December 2, 2020, at How-to Geek

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