Switch (disambiguation)

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
• Nintendo Switch, an upcoming game console

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

See also

• The Switch (disambiguation)