[noirscape]

That depends on how you view swapspace; on most devices, swapspace is either created as a separate partition on the disk or as a file living somewhere on the filesystem.

For practical reasons, swapspace isn't really the same thing as keeping it in an actual storage folder - the OS treats swapspace as essentially being empty data on each reboot. (You'd probably be able to extract data from swapspace with disk recovery tools though.)

On a literal level it's not the same as "keep it in RAM", but practically speaking swapspace is treated as a seamless (but slower) extension of installed RAM.

[nullindividual]

> On a literal level it's not the same as "keep it in RAM"

I read the GP as 'literal level' in-RAM. If I interpreted that incorrectly, apologies to GP.

[marcosdumay]

It may or may not be what the OP was talking about, depending on your threat model.