Switch (disambiguation)

__NOTOC__ Switch may mean:

Technology

* Switch, or (more formally) Electromechanical switch or Electric switch, all meaning a device for making or breaking an electric circuit, or for selecting between multiple circuits; in usage the former frequently includes electronic switching devices such as relays or transistors, etcetera, whilst the later most often conveys a manually operated device.
*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

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 Information Technology Services, the Swiss education and research network

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" and "Switch Reloaded", German versions of the Australian TV series "Fast Forward"
*"Switch" (Mexican magazine)
*"Switch" (Romanian magazine), a Romanian LGBT magazine

Music

*"Switch" (song), by Will Smith, released in 2005
*"Switch", a song by Ashanti included on non-US versions of her album "The Declaration"
*"Switch", a song by Siouxsie and the Banshees from their album "The Scream"
*"Switch" (album), by the band Golden Earring
*"Switch" (INXS album)
*Switch (producer), London House DJ and producer Dave Taylor
*Switch (band), Motown R&B recording group
*Switches (band), British indie-rock band

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), 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

In Wikipedia

*The #switch