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

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