Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paging file

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: pag-ing -file
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A region of secondary storage allocated by the operating system to function as virtual memory, extending physical RAM.

Inflected Forms

paging files (plural) page file (alternative) pagefile (alternative)

Phrases

swap file virtual memory

Frequently Paired Words

swap file virtual memory

Questions

What does paging file mean?: A region of secondary storage allocated by the operating system to function as virtual memory, extending physical RAM.

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