pass out

v 1: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due

to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: {faint}, {conk},

{swoon}]

2: lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example [syn:

{lose consciousness}, {zonk out}, {black out}] [ant: {come

to}]

page out

What a {paging} system does when it copies

part of a {task}'s working memory from {RAM} to {swap space}

on disk.

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(1995-01-23)