If the amount of free RAM falls below a predefined threshold called desfree for more than 30 s, the system switches to the soft swap state, in which entire processes are swapped out to disk.
Such high CPU activity seems to happen when the system enters or leaves the soft swap state (cf. Sect. 2), thus probably some of the OpenSolaris memory management operations are being accounted as user-level processing time.
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Paint 'n' Swing Thursdays at 11 P.M. Invite your spouse, lover, or side-piece and get ready for a night of steamy passion and soft-swapping.
It has developed its own vocabulary and identities, involving, things like compersion, polypods, soft-swaps, full-swaps, and even unicorns (bless them).
I asked her in my normal voice how to swap soft drinks for shakes.
Swapping your usual soft drinks for fruit juice is a great way of making sure you get in your 5-a-day.
It is a common plan, one the Bears have countered in recent weeks by swapping out beefy blockers for soft-handed and fleet-footed receivers and running backs.
On this day, she had nonetheless decided to tweak her appearance for the cameras, swapping her showgirl brass for a softer feline style.
"Also, try swapping every other alcoholic drink for a soft drink, choosing smaller servings or less alcoholic versions of drinks, and not keeping a stock of booze at home".
One of the first things Scott Walker did after being sworn in as Milwaukee County executive last week was to swap the soft sofas in his office for a large table from the break room.
