Linux has two forms of swap space: the swap partition and the swap file. The swap partition is an independent section of the hard disk used solely for swapping; no other files can reside there. The swap file is a special file in the filesystem that resides amongst your system and data files.
It is known for the New Hampshire primary, the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Its license plates carry the state motto :  Live Free or Die . The state's nickname, The Granite State, refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries.
Massachusetts was also the first colony to have a printing press, newspaper, and library. Massachusetts has several nicknames. Because early settlers built their colony in a bay area, the state is known as the Bay State. Massachusetts has also been called the Pilgrim State and the Puritan State. The word Massachusetts comes from an Indian tribe named after large hill place. The abbreviation for Massachusetts is MA. Massachusetts, located in the center of New England, is bordered by New Hampshire to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Connecticut to the south, and New York to the west. The state, whose landscape consists of a series of hills and valleys, is the sixth smallest and has the third most people per square mile.