Switch (disambiguation)
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
The word switch has multiple meanings, including:
- In general, a switch is something used for selecting between multiple options, and "to switch" is a verb meaning to make such a selection. Specifically:
- An electric switch is a device for connecting and disconnecting, or selecting between, one or more circuits.
- A network switch is a computer networking device that connects (and selects between) network segments.
- A railroad switch is a kind of junction between multiple railroad tracks.
- In command line interfaces, switch is a name for the options entered at the command line to control the behaviour of a piece of software.
- A telephone switch is the central part of a telephone system (see Telephone exchange).
- A switched-mode power supply rapidly switches a transistor on and off.
- An interrupt causes an operating system to do a context switch.
- A switch can also be a flexible wooden rod, used for punishment.
- Switch was 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.
- A switch statement controls program flow in programming languages such as Java, C and C++.
- The 1991 movie Switch, written & directed by Blake Edwards
- In BDSM, a switch is a person who enjoys assuming both top and bottom roles.
- In music, Switch is a song by Will Smith released in 2005.
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