Switch (disambiguation)

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In general, a switch is something used for selecting between multiple options, and "to switch" is a verb meaning to shift, transfer, or divert. Switch may mean:

In technical fields

• Electric switch, a device for making or breaking an electric circuit, or for selecting between multiple circuits.
• Railroad switch, a kind of junction between multiple railroad tracks.
• Telephone switch, the central part of a telephone system.
• Switched-mode power supply rapidly switches a transistor on and off.

Computers

• Network switch, a computer networking device that connects (and selects between) network segments.
• Switching refers to the action of transmitting packets across networks by a network switch. See also routing.
• 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++.

Music / Tv

• Switch (Matrix character), a character in The Matrix.
• Switch (movie), written & directed by Blake Edwards in 1991.
• Switch (TV series), a 1970s TV series starring Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert.
• Switch (song), a song by Will Smith released in 2005.
• Switch (album), an album by the band Golden Earring.
• Switch (INXS album), an album by INXS.
• Switch? (The Price is Right pricing game) a TV game show game

Other

• Switch (debit card), a debit card system introduced by the Switch Card Scheme in 1988; in 2002 a deal was made to merge the brand with the international Maestro brand, and the name was changed to Maestro two years later.
• Switch (rod), a flexible wooden rod, used for punishment.
• Switch (sexuality), a BDSM person who enjoys assuming both top and bottom roles.
• The card game Mau Mau is known by some as Switch.
• Switching - In ecology - In relation to the optimal foraging theory whereby food sources are switched between according to their profitability and abundance. See foraging, ecology, behavioral ecology, game theory, evolutionary stable strategy