Branch (disambiguation)

A branch is a part of a woody plant.

Branch or branching may also refer to:

Computing

• Branch (computer science), a point in a computer program where program-flow may change depending on a condition.
  • Branch predictor, the part of a processor that determines whether a conditional branch in the instruction flow of a program is likely to be taken or not.
  • Branch table, a term used to describe an efficient method of transferring program control (branching) to another part of a program using a table of branch instructions.
  • Indirect branch, a type of program control instruction.
• Branching (software), a way of duplicating an object under revision control.

Geography

Canada

• Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador

France

• Branches, Yonne

United States

• Branch, Arkansas
• Branch, Louisiana
• Branch, Michigan
• Branch, Missouri
• Branch, Wisconsin
• Branch County, Michigan
• Branch Township (disambiguation)
• Fort Branch, Indiana
• Fort Branch, North Carolina

Government and politics

• Country branch
• Government branch
  • Electoral branch
  • Executive branch
  • Judicial branch
  • Legislative branch

Mathematics

• Branch point, a point at which a multiple-valued function changes values
• Principal branch, a function which selects one branch of a multi-valued function
• Branching process, a kind of stochastic process

People

• Branch (surname), a family name
• Branch McCracken (1908–1970), college men's basketball coach

Religion

• Branch, in Jesus and Messianic prophecy, a prophetic name attributed by Christians to Jesus
• Branch Davidian, a Christian sect
• Ward (LDS Church)#Branch, a small-sized congregation in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Branch (Latter Day Saint movement), any congregation in other churches in the Latter Day Saint movement

Other

• Branch (academia), an academic sub-discipline
• Branch (banking), a retail location
• Branch (company), an establishment of a company in a country other than its home country
  • Branch plant, factory
• Branch (bridle), a crooked piece of iron in a bit shank
• Branch line, a relatively minor railway line
• Branching (chemistry), a concept in polymer chemistry
• Branching (linguistics), the general tendency towards a given order of words within sentences and smaller grammatical units within sentences
• USS Branch, a ship of the United States Navy
• Phylogenetic tree, branching diagram/tree in biology
• A sometime-used taxonomic rank
• The major subgroups of Indo-European languages (Anatolian, Greek, Germanic, etc.)
• Local union, in the trade union movement
• Military branch, a component of armed forces such as army, navy, marine corps, or air force
• United Sates Army branch, particular specializations such as infantry, armor, artillery, etc.

See also

• All pages beginning with "Branch"
• Branch River (disambiguation)
• Cadet branch, in geneology
• Earthly Branches, in Chinese chronology
• East Branch (disambiguation)
• Long Branch (disambiguation)
• North Branch (disambiguation)
• Olive branch
• South Branch (disambiguation)
• West Branch (disambiguation)
• Branc