Q. The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to : (Solved)
1. maintain pages of documents that are being spooled to the printer
2. hold a program’s data or instructions in virtual memory when it can’t fit in RAM.
3. prevent thrashing in a multitasking environment
4. allow multiple print jobs to print their pages out simultaneously
5. None of these
- b. hold a program’s data or instructions in virtual memory when it can’t fit in RAM.