Branch (disambiguation)
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A branch is a part of a woody plant.
Branch or branching may also refer to:
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Geography
[edit] Canada
[edit] France
[edit] United States
- Branch, Arkansas
- Branch, Louisiana
- Branch, Michigan
- Branch, Missouri
- Branch, Wisconsin
- Branch County, Michigan
- Branch Township (disambiguation)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Other
- Branch (surname), a family name
- 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 (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
- A branch of a Phylogenetic tree in biology
- A sometime-used taxonomic rank
- The major subgroups of Indo-European languages (Anatolian, Greek, Germanic, etc.)
- A local union in the trade union movement
- A subdivision of some government agencies
- Military branch, a component of armed forces such as army, navy, marine corps, or air force
- In the United Sates Army, branches refers to particular specializations such as infantry, armor, artillery, etc.
[edit] See also
- All pages beginning with "Branch"
- Branch River (disambiguation)
- East Branch (disambiguation)
- Fort Branch
- Long Branch (disambiguation)
- North Branch (disambiguation)
- South Branch (disambiguation)
- West Branch (disambiguation)
- Cadet branch
- Executive branch
- Olive branch
- Earthly Branches
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