Bypass

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Bypass may refer to:

• In road construction, bypass route, a road or highway that goes around a more congested or problem area.
• In surgery, bypass, creating an alternate route for blood flow or food, see bypass surgery.
• In computing, a "bypass" is circumventing security features in hacking, or taking a different approach to an issue in troubleshooting, such as disabling startup programs via MSConfig in Microsoft Windows.
• In telecommunications, bypass, a term used in telecommunications.
• In diving, bypass, a valve in rebreathers to bypass the flow rate control valve.
• In aircraft engines, bypass duct, a passage in turbofan aircraft engine that allows airflow to bypass the engine core.
• In film processing, bleach bypass, an optical effect that gives images reduced saturation, an increased contrast, and an overall pastel look.
• In effects units, bypass is a switch that allows to "turn off" sound processing and get "dry", unprocessed sound in output.