THRASHING

Thrashing

In computer science, thrashing occurs when a computer's virtual memory subsystem is in a constant state of paging, rapidly exchanging data in memory for data on disk, to the exclusion of most application-level processing. This causes the performance of the computer to degrade or collapse. The situation may continue indefinitely until the underlying cause is addressed.

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thrashing

Noun

  1. action of the verb to thrash
  2. a beating, especially a severe one
  3. A heavy defeat
  4. excessive paging within virtual storage
  5. slam dancing

Verb

thrashing



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