Swap or SWAP may refer to:
Finance
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Swap (finance)
In finance, a swap is an agreement between two counterparties to exchange financial instruments, cashflows, or payments for a certain time. The instruments can be almost anything but most swaps involve cash based on a notional principal amoun ...
, a derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cash flows against another
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Barter
In trade, barter (derived from ''baretor'') is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money. Economists disti ...
Science and technology
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Swap (computer programming)
In computer programming, the act of swapping two variables refers to mutually exchanging the values of the variables. Usually, this is done with the data in memory. For example, in a program, two variables may be defined thus (in pseudocode):
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, exchanging two variables in the memory of a computer
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Swap partition
In computer operating systems, memory paging is a memory management scheme by which a computer stores and retrieves data from secondary storage for use in main memory. In this scheme, the operating system retrieves data from secondary stor ...
, a partition of a computer data storage used for paging
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SWAP (instrument)
The Sun Watcher using Active Pixel System Detector and Image Processing (SWAP) telescope is a compact EUV imager on board the PROBA-2 mission that will observe the Sun in extreme ultraviolet (EUV). SWAP will provide images of the solar corona a ...
(Sun Watcher using Active Pixel System Detector and Image Processing), a space instrument aboard the ''PROBA2'' satellite
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SWAP (New Horizons)
SWAP (Solar Wind Around Pluto) is an science instrument aboard the unmanned ''New Horizons'' space probe, which was designed to flyby dwarf planet Pluto. SWAP was designed to record Solar Wind en route, at, and beyond Pluto. At Pluto, SWAP's purp ...
(Solar Wind At Pluto), a science instrument aboard the unmanned New Horizons space probe
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SWAP protein domain
In molecular biology, the protein domain SWAP is derived from the term Suppressor-of-White-APricot, a splicing regulator from the model organism ''Drosophila melanogaster''. The protein domain is found in regulators that control splicing. It is fo ...
, in molecular biology
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DO-297, Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) Development Guidance and Certification Considerations is one of the primary document by which certification authorities such as the FAA and EASA approve Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) systems for flig ...
Other
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Swåp
Swåp are an Anglo- Swedish band that produce a musical fusion of traditional nordic music and celtic music.
Biography
Swåp was formed in 1995 by Karen Tweed (piano accordion), Ian Carr (guitar) (both UK), Ola Bäckström (fiddle, viola d'am ...
, an Anglo-Swedish folk music band
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Sector-Wide Approach Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) is an approach to international development that "brings together governments, donors and other stakeholders within any sector. It is characterized by a set of operating principles rather than a specific package of polic ...
(SWAp), an approach to international development
See also
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Swaps (horse)
Swaps (March 1, 1952 – November 3, 1972) was a California bred American thoroughbred racehorse. He won the Kentucky Derby in 1955 and was named United States Horse of the Year in the following year. He was known as the "California Comet," and ...
(1952–1972), a California-bred American Thoroughbred racehorse
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Swapping (disambiguation)
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