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hot swap

hot swap verb: to remove or replace a component while the computer is still running.

Verb

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

  1. To remove or replace a component while the computer is still running.

Forms of hot swap

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

Questions about hot swap

What does hot swap mean?
Hot swap means to remove or replace a component while the computer is still 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

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  2. hot streak
  3. hot streaks
  4. hot stuff
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  8. hot takes
  9. hot talk
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