paging

[pey-jing]

noun

Computers.

1. a technique of storage management that transfers pages page from secondary storage to main storage when they are required, and returns them to secondary storage when they are not.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paging¹

First recorded in 1965–70; page ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Minutes later, Totorica was paging for an emergency team over the loudspeakers.

From Salon

He hopped in the basket and began paging through a book.

From Literature

But as soon as I began paging through, I realized I need not have worried.

From New York Times

“This looks so good,” she says, paging through.

From Los Angeles Times

“As far as I know, they chose to ignore all of it,” she said Wednesday after paging through the report.

From Los Angeles Times

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