Question

What is a swap file? how does the computer use this file? what information might be found there?

Answer 1

Swap file is a process used to save storage by operating systems because of the restricted amount of space that the RAM of a computer has. The computer does this by swapping the data into a file or empty space reserving the space needed/desired on the other program open. This means that if you have two separate sites open and go back and forth information from one can be transferred to another. Meaning that an illegal site or a deleted source could have the information held in another space where it is collected unbeknownst to the user, and left behind, making this valuable information and evidence available to forensic scientists and law enforcement that could be used in a criminal investigation.

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Answer 2

A Swap file is a space on a hard disk used as the virtual memory extension of a computer's real memory (RAM). By using a swap file, a computer can use more memory than what is physically installed in the computer. It is a file or space on the hard drive where data from RAM is "swapped" in order to preserve space.When you move back and forth between the programs, data is swapped from the RAM to the swap file and back again.