Switch (disambiguation)

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Switch may mean:

[edit] Technology

• 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] Computing

• Network switch, a computer networking device that connects (and selects between) network segments
• Switch, to route packets via 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 Access Scanning
• SWITCH Information Technology Services, the Swiss education and research network

[edit] Media and fiction

• Switch (The Matrix), a character in The Matrix
• Switch (film), written and directed by Blake Edwards in 1991
• Switch (TV series), a 1970s TV series starring Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert
• Switch (BBC TV series), a BBC drama about and for Deaf people
• Switch?, a pricing game on The Price Is Right
• BBC Switch, a strand on BBC Two for pre-teens and teenagers
• Switch (German TV series), the German version of the australian TV series Fast Forward (1997-200)
• Switch Reloaded (German TV series), its sequel (since 2006)
• Switch (Mexican magazine)
• Switch (Romanian magazine), a Romanian LGBT magazine

[edit] Music

• "Switch" (song), a song by Will Smith released in 2005
• "Switch" (Ashanti song), released in 2007
• Switch (album), an album by the band Golden Earring
• Switch (INXS album)
• Switch (producer), London House DJ and producer Dave Taylor
• "Switch", a song by Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Switch (band), Motown R&B recording group
• Switches (band), British indie-rock band

[edit] Other

• Switch (debit card), (name later changed to Maestro), a UK debit card system introduced by the Switch Card Scheme in 1988
• Switch (card game) "Oakley Rules", a variant of the game Mau Mau played in the UK
• Switch (rod), a flexible wooden rod used for punishment
• Switch (sexuality), a person who enjoys assuming both top and bottom, or dominant and submissive roles, in sex or BDSM
• Switching (ecology), predators selecting food for profitability and abundance
• Switch stance, riding a skateboard, snowboard etc. in the direction not preferred by the rider
• SWITCH, acronym referring to the top 6 IT outsourcing companies in India: Satyam, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and HCL)

[edit] In Wikipedia

• The {{#switch}} parser function

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