"page out" meaning in English

See page out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pages out [present, singular, third-person], paging out [participle, present], paged out [participle, past], paged out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} page out (third-person singular simple present pages out, present participle paging out, simple past and past participle paged out)
  1. (transitive, computing) To transfer (memory contents) to auxiliary storage. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: outpage, swap out (english: where a swap file is involved)

Inflected forms

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