The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to:

  • maintain pages of documents that are being spooled to the printer.
  • hold a program’s data or instructions in virtual memory when it can’t fit in RAM.
  • prevent thrashing in a multitasking environment.
  • allow multiple print jobs to print their pages out simultaneously.

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