Switch (disambiguation)
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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 refer to:
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 (company), an American technology company
- Switch (app), a mobile job searching app
- Nintendo Switch, an upcoming game console
Information technology
- Packet switch, a node in a network which uses the packet switching paradigm for data communication
- Network switch, a computer networking device that uses a form of packet switching
- Circuit switch,a device that forwards digital bit-streams or analog signals in a circuit switched telecommunications network
- 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 (1991 film), written and directed by Blake Edwards in 1991
- Switch (2007 film), a Norwegian snowboard film
- Switch (2011 film), a French film
- Switch (2012 film), an American documentary film about alternative energy
- Switch (2013 film), a Chinese film
- The Switch (1963 film), British crime film
- The Switch (2010 film), written by Allan Loeb and directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck
- Switch (TV series), a 1970s TV series starring Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert
- Switch (UK TV series), an ITV drama series about a group of witches living in Camden, London
- Switch (BBC TV series), a BBC drama about and for Deaf people
- Switch?, a pricing game on The Price Is Right
- "The Switch" (Seinfeld), an episode of Seinfeld
- Switch (Better Call Saul), an episode of Better Call Saul
- 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 (EP), an EP by Schaft
- DJ Switch (disambiguation), several DJs
- Switch (band)
- Switch (Switch album), their self-titled 1978 debut album
- Switches (band)
Other
- Switch (advertising agency), an American advertising agency
- Switch (BDSM), a person who switches between dominant and submissive sex roles
- Switch (card game), a variant of the game Mau Mau
- Switch (debit card), (name later changed to Maestro), a UK debit card system introduced by the Switch Card Scheme in 1988
- Switch (corporal punishment), a flexible wooden rod used for punishment
- Switch stance, riding a skateboard, snowboard or other device in the direction not preferred by the rider
See also
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