poke out

v : reach outward in space; "This rock sticks out"; "The awning

extends several feet over the sidewalk" [syn: {extend}, {stick

out}, {reach out}]

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)