how is this for the gold mine? http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/08/mac-virtual-memory-swap/ Virtual memory apparently has several different definitions. Apple uses the term "secure virtual memory" synonymously with the more linux sounding term "encrypted swap space" Virtual memory does include more things than just swap, and it seems like at least some people think virtual memory is not an appropriate term to use interchangeably with swap space but that is how it is being used by Apple. Some of the things called virtual memory have absolutely nothing to do with swap space, and some people think that these things should continue to be called virtual memory, while swap space should be called swap space. So although in a way you have a point, in practice you are still wrong and a dumb fuck, because as Apple is using the term "secure virtual memory" it means "ENCRYPTED SWAP SPACE" which is what I guessed it to mean despite never hearing encrypted swap space called "secure virtual memory" before, so in summary go fuck yourself. ps: BSD isn't linux, shouldn't you know that before you have the freebsd mascot as your avatar?