paging

[ pey-jing ]

/ ˈpeɪ dʒɪŋ /

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noun Computers.

a technique of storage management that transfers pages from secondary storage to main storage when they are required, and returns them to secondary storage when they are not.Compare page¹ (def. 6b).

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Origin of paging

First recorded in 1965–70; page¹ + -ing¹

Words nearby paging

page-turner, pageview, paginal, paginate, pagination, paging, Paglia, Pagliacci, I, pagne, Pagnol, pagoda

How to use paging in a sentence

By paging through dozens of international covers, the teens are hoping to find pictures of themselves.
Secrets of an Underage Model: Prostitution, Money in New Film ‘Girl Model’|Anna Klassen|September 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Paging: Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, Rudolph Giuliani, George Pataki, Jeb Bush.
Paging Reasonable Republicans|Mark McKinnon|August 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
My Twitter went haywire—absolutely no clue why it sent that message or even what it is...paging the tech guys...
The Race to Save Twitter|Brian Ries|September 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Paging through the photos, I am caught up in the fantasy of understanding.
The Art of Silence|Casey Schwartz|May 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Paging Timothy Leary: Janet Lessin claims on her Web site that she's able to travel astrally.
Threesome Marriages|Abby Ellin|May 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The paging of the preface and introductory matter is to be excepted.
Smithsonian Report on the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries and their Publication by Means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles|Charles C. Jewett
When he was finally left alone at the shop, he continued the paging of a Latin book by the light of a lamp.
The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer|Eugne Sue
It was agreed on my paging with Pemberton that they should not be renewed until our correspondence ceased.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete|Ulysses S. Grant
The menial in question was a uniformed bellboy winding in and out among tables and paging some elusive guest.
The Firefly Of France|Marion Polk Angellotti
The reprint (I wish that in all other reprints a similar course was adopted) gives the paging of the original folio edition.
Notes and Queries, Number 48, Saturday, September 28, 1850|Various

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