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The swap file is used to increase the system’s total accessible memory beyond its hardware capabilities.
This means that when all of the Raspberry Pi’s RAM is exhausted, it can start using the swap file as memory instead.
The addition of more virtual memory allows the system to deal with more memory intensive tasks without running into out of memory errors or having to shut down other additional packages.
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