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Page replacement algorithm

algorithm in an OS that decides which memory pages to page out (swap out, write to disk) when a requested page is not in memory (page fault) and a free page cannot be used to satisfy the allocation (because there are too few or none)

Pronunciation
/peɪʤ rɪˈpleɪsmənt ˈalɡərɪðəm/
/peɪʤ rəˈpleɪsmənt ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm/