swap

échanger

Donner quelque chose à quelqu’un et recevoir autre chose en retour.

En anglais simple : To give someone one thing and receive another thing from them in return.

• Let’s swap seats.
• I swapped books with my brother.
• Would you swap your sandwich for mine?

Comment l'utiliser : swap something for something (I swapped my blue shirt for her red one.); swap something with someone (Can I swap seats with you?)

Synonymes : exchange, trade

Expressions courantes : swap something, swap with someone, swap for something, swap goods

échange, troc

Opération où chacun donne quelque chose et reçoit autre chose en retour.

En anglais simple : An exchange in which each person gives something and receives something else.

• That sounds like a fair swap.
• We organized a clothes swap at school.
• The swap gave each of us a different book.

Comment l'utiliser : a swap of something (They arranged a swap of tickets.)

Synonymes : exchange, trade

Expressions courantes : a fair swap, book swap, make a swap

espace d’échange

Espace du disque utilisé comme mémoire supplémentaire quand la mémoire principale de l’ordinateur est pleine.

En anglais simple : Disk space a computer can use as extra memory when its main memory is full.

• The computer needs more swap.
• This system has four gigabytes of swap.
• Heavy use of swap can slow the machine down.

Synonymes : swap space

Expressions courantes : swap space, swap file, available swap