paging file

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Noun

paging file (plural paging files)

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

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  1. ^ 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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