Switch

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A switch is an electrical component which can break an electrical circuit, interrupting the current or diverting it from one conductor to another.

Switch may also mean:

Technology

• Railroad switch, a kind of junction between multiple railroad tracks
• Telephone switch, the central part of a telephone system
• Switched-mode power supply
• Switch Communications, a technology company

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 type of option 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 film 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
• Switch (manga)

Music

• "Switch" (song), by Will Smith
• Switch (Golden Earring album)
• Switch (INXS album)
• Switch (DJ), London House DJ and producer Dave Taylor
• Switch (band)
  • Switch (Switch album), their self-titled 1978 debut album
• Switches (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
• 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), a pattern of predation where predators select food based on its abundance
• Switch stance, riding a skateboard, snowboard or other device in the direction not preferred by the rider

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