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hot-swap

hot-swap verb: to change a part of something, typically a computer, while it is running.

Verb

hot-swap (third-person singular simple present hot-swaps, present participle hot-swapping, simple past and past participle hot-swapped)

  1. To change a part of something, typically a computer, while it is running.

Forms of hot-swap

third-person singular presenthot-swaps
present participlehot-swapping
past participlehot-swapped
pasthot-swapped

Words formed from hot-swap

Questions about hot-swap

What does hot-swap mean?
Hot-swap means to change a part of something, typically a computer, while it is running.
What part of speech is hot-swap?
Hot-swap is a verb.
What is the past tense of hot-swap?
The past tense of hot-swap is hot-swapped.

Words near hot-swap in the dictionary

  1. hot-stepper
  2. hot-steppers
  3. hot-stepping
  4. hot-steps
  5. hot-stopping
  6. hot-swap
  7. hot-swappable
  8. hot-swapped
  9. hot-swapping
  10. hot-swaps
  11. hot-takey

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