If I wanted to use some analogies, I would imagine RAM is the space on your desk and disk is the drawers behind you.
Everytime the computer shutdown, the desk is totally cleared.
When you work, you have stuff on your desk space, files that you need temporarly are also on your desk because you want to keep them and clear them on shutdown, this is what /tmp is for.
Swap is when you desk is starting to be full, but you still need the data to work, so you have a special part in the drawer behind you that you move stuff that you don’t need right away but want to make some space on your desk. It is slightly slower to access since you need to move from your chair to get it.
If I wanted to use some analogies, I would imagine RAM is the space on your desk and disk is the drawers behind you.
Everytime the computer shutdown, the desk is totally cleared.
When you work, you have stuff on your desk space, files that you need temporarly are also on your desk because you want to keep them and clear them on shutdown, this is what
/tmpis for.Swap is when you desk is starting to be full, but you still need the data to work, so you have a special part in the drawer behind you that you move stuff that you don’t need right away but want to make some space on your desk. It is slightly slower to access since you need to move from your chair to get it.