Switch (disambiguation)

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• Switch_(flertydig)
• Switch
• Switch_(desambiguación)
• Switch
• 스위치
• സ്വിച്ച്_(നാനാര്‍ത്ഥങ്ങള്‍)
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• スイッチ
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• สวิตช์

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Switch may mean:

Technology

• Switch, or (more formally) Electromechanical switch or Electric switch, all meaning a device for making or breaking an electric circuit, or for selecting between multiple circuits; in usage the former frequently includes electronic switching devices such as relays or transistors, etcetera, whilst the later most often conveys a manually operated device.
• Railroad switch, a kind of junction between multiple railroad tracks
• Telephone switch, the central part of a telephone system
• Switched-mode power supply ("switchers"), rapidly switches a transistor on and off

Computing

• Network switch, a computer networking device that connects (and selects between) network segments
• Switch, to route packets via a network switch
• Switch (command line), a name for the options entered at the command line to control the behaviour of a piece of software
• Context switch, performed by an operating system in response to an interrupt
• Switch statement, which controls program flow in programming languages such as Java, C and C++
• Switch access, a method of accessing a computer using simple devices suitable for users with severe physical or cognitive impairment
• Apple Switch ad campaign
• SWITCH Information Technology Services, the Swiss education and research network

Media and fiction

• Switch (The Matrix), a character in The Matrix
• Switch (film), written and directed by Blake Edwards in 1991
• Switch (TV series), a 1970s TV series starring Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert
• Switch (BBC TV series), a BBC drama about and for Deaf people
• Switch?, a pricing game on The Price Is Right
• BBC Switch, a strand on BBC Two for pre-teens and teenagers
• Switch and Switch Reloaded, German versions of the Australian TV series Fast Forward
• Switch (Mexican magazine)
• Switch (Romanian magazine), a Romanian LGBT magazine

Music

• "Switch" (song), by Will Smith, released in 2005
• "Switch", a song by Ashanti included on non-US versions of her album The Declaration
• "Switch", a song by Siouxsie and the Banshees from their album The Scream
• Switch (album), by the band Golden Earring
• Switch (INXS album)
• Switch (producer), London House DJ and producer Dave Taylor
• Switch (band), Motown R&B recording group
• Switches (band), British indie-rock band

Other

• Switch (debit card), (name later changed to Maestro), a UK debit card system introduced by the Switch Card Scheme in 1988
• Switch (card game), a variant of the game Mau Mau played in the UK
• Switch (rod), a flexible wooden rod used for punishment
• Switch (sexuality), a person who enjoys assuming both top and bottom, or dominant and submissive roles, in sex or BDSM
• Switching (ecology), predators selecting food for profitability and abundance
• Switch stance, riding a skateboard, snowboard etc. in the direction not preferred by the rider
• SWITCH, acronym referring to the top 6 IT outsourcing companies in India: Satyam, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and HCL

In Wikipedia

• The {{#switch}} parser function

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