with objectTo switch from (one set of memory chips) to another in order to increase the amount of memory usable by a system; to design or build with bank switching.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Electronic Design. From bank + switch, after bank switching.
Definition of bank-switch in US English:
bank-switch
verbˌbaŋkˈswɪtʃ
Computing
with objectTo switch from (one set of memory chips) to another in order to increase the amount of memory usable by a system; to design or build with bank switching.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Electronic Design. From bank + switch, after bank switching.