What is the difference between Swapping and Paging.

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The main differences between Swapping and PAGING are given below:

SWAPPING	PAGING
In swapping, the whole process in its entirety is moved to the secondary memory.	Paging is done when some part of a process is being transferred to secondary memory.
In Swapping, the temporary TRANSFER of a process from the main memory to secondary memory takes place.	In Paging, a contiguous block of memory is made non-contiguous but of FIXED SIZE called frame or pages.
Swapping requires no memory management.	Paging requires non-contiguous Memory Management.
The direction regarding the solution in it is provided in swapping.	No direction regarding the solution in it is provided in Paging.

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