Branch

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A branch is a part of a woody plant.

Branch or branching may also refer to:

Computing

• Branch (computer science), a point in a computer program where program-flow may change depending on a condition.
  • Branch predictor, the part of a processor that determines whether a conditional branch in the instruction flow of a program is likely to be taken or not.
  • Branch table, a term used to describe an efficient method of transferring program control (branching) to another part of a program using a table of branch instructions.
  • Indirect branch, a type of program control instruction.
• Branching (software), a way of duplicating an object under revision control.

Geography

In Canada

• Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador

In France

• Branches, Yonne

In the United States

• Branch, Arkansas
• Branch, Louisiana
• Branch, Michigan
• Branch, Missouri
• Branch, Wisconsin
• Branch County, Michigan
• Branch Township, disambiguation

Mathematics

• Branch (graph theory), a concept in mathematical logic
• Branch point, a point at which a multiple-valued function changes values
• Principal branch, a function which selects one branch of a multi-valued function

Religion

• Branch (Christ), the Branch Davidian new name of Christ
• Ward (LDS Church)#Branch, a small-sized congregation in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Branch (Latter Day Saint movement), any congregation in other churches in the Latter Day Saint movement

Other

• Branch (surname), a family name
• Branch (academia), an academic sub-discipline
• Branch (banking), a retail location
• Branch (company), an establishment of a company in a country other than its home country
• Branch (bridle), a crooked piece of iron in a bit shank
• Branch line, a relatively minor railway line
• Branching (chemistry), a concept in polymer chemistry
• Branching (linguistics), the general tendency towards a given order of words within sentences and smaller grammatical units within sentences
• USS Branch, of the United States Navy
• In Biology, a branch of a Phylogenetic tree
• Branch is a sometime-used taxonomic rank
• The major subgroups of Indo-European languages (Anatolian, Greek, Germanic, etc.) are also called Branches

See also

• All pages beginning with "Branch"
• Branch River
• East Branch
• Fort Branch
• Long Branch
• North Branch
• South Branch
• West Branch
• Cadet branch
• Executive branch
• Olive branch
• Post office branch
• Earthly Branches

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