paging

noun — 2 senses

paging

noun

/ˈpeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

1

The arrangement of pages in a book or other publication.

  • Record the total number of pages, leaves, or columns (excluding those that are blank or contain advertising or other inessential matter) followed by in various pagings, in various foliations, or in various numberings, as appropriate.2013, Joint Steering Committee, RDA: Resource Description and Access: 2013 Revision:
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A transfer of pages between main memory and an auxiliary store, such as hard disk drive.

Derived terms
anticipatory paging, demand paging, mispaging, nonpaging, paging file, prepaging, radiopaging

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