Switch (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 In technical fields 2 Computers 3 Music / Television 4 Other

Switch may mean:

[edit] 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 ("switchers"), rapidly switches a transistor on and off

[edit] Computers

• Network switch, a computer networking device that connects (and selects between) network segments
• Routing of packets by a Network switch
• 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++
• 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, and .ch (and .li) domain manager.
• A Switch, The result of a video switching session with the 4 cameras Internet switcher Youswitch.tv.

[edit] Music / Television

• Switch (The Matrix), a character in The Matrix
• Switch (film), 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
• Switch (record company), a Japanese record company
• Switch (TV series) , a BBC drama for the hearing impaired
• Switch (band), Motown R&B recording group
• Switches (band), British indie-rock band
• Switch (Mexican magazine), a Mexican magazine
• Switch (Romanian magazine), a Romanian LGBT magazine

[edit] 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
• Mau Mau (game), Switch is a variant of Mau Mau played in the UK
• Switch (rod), a flexible wooden rod, used for punishment
• Switch (sexuality), a BDSM person who enjoys assuming both dominant and submissive roles
• Switching (ecology), where food sources are switched between according to their profitability and abundance
• Switch (nightclub), a heavy metal nightclub operating on Saturday nights in Melbourne, Australia
• Switch stance, riding a skateboard, snowboard etc. in the direction not preferred by the rider