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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

This article is about electrical switches. ... It has been suggested that Railway Switching be merged into this article or section. ... In the field of telecommunications, a central office houses equipment that is commonly known as simply a switch, which is a piece of equipment that connects phone calls. ... A switched-mode power supply, switch mode power supply, or SMPS, is an electronic power supply unit (PSU) that incorporates a switching regulator — an internal control circuit that switches the load current rapidly on and off in order to stabilise the output voltage. ...

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

A modular network switch with 3 network modules (a total of 24 Ethernet and 14 Fast Ethernet ports) and one power supply. ... In computer networking the term routing refers to selecting paths in a computer network along which to send data. ... In computer software, specifically command line interfaces, a switch (also known as option, command-line parameter, or command-line argument) is an indication by a user that a computer program should change its default behaviour. ... A context switch is the computing process of storing and restoring the state of a CPU (the context) such that multiple processes can share a single CPU resource. ... In computer programming, a switch statement is a type of control statement that exists in most modern imperative programming languages (e. ... Many people with severe physical or cognitive impairment use one or more switches to access computers. ... Switch was an advertising campaign launched by Apple Computer on June 10, 2002. ...

Music / Television

• Switch (Matrix character), 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

Switch was a member of the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, a Zion hovercraft commanded by Morpheus in the 1999 movie, The Matrix. ... Switch is a 1991 film by Blake Edwards. ... Switch was an American action-adventure television series that was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between 1975 and 1978. ... Switch is the promotional single for Will Smiths 11th album Lost and Found, released in 2005. ... Switch is an album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). ... Switch is the 11th studio album by the Australian rock band INXS. It was released on November 29, 2005. ... What will you do? Keep them the same, or switch them? Switch? is a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price is Right. ... Switch was an American action-adventure television series that was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between 1975 and 1978. ...

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 top and bottom 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 prefered by the rider