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In electricity, a switch is a device that can connect, disconnect, or divert current in an electrical circuit.

Switch or The Switch may also refer to:

Sport

• Switch (basketball), change of defensive assignments during a play
• Switch (pickleball), a call, made by one doubles partner to the other, to switch sides
• Switch stance, riding a skateboard, snowboard or other device in the direction not preferred by the rider
• Switch, a mascot of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Technology and computing

• Switch (app), for job searching
• Switch (command line), a directive added to a text command to modify its behavior
• Switch (programming), a programming language statement which controls program flow
• SWITCH, an open electricity system model, primarily applied to Hawaii
• Circuit switch, a component in a circuit-switched telecommunications network
• Context switch, performed by an operating system in response to an interrupt
• Nintendo Switch, an eighth generation hybrid (home + handheld) video game console
• Packet switch, a component in a packet-switched data network
  • Network switch, a computer networking device that uses a form of packet switching
• Switch access, the use of custom devices to make computing available to people with severe physical or cognitive impairment
• SWITCH Information Technology Services, the Swiss education and research network
• Telephone switch, the central part of a telephone system
• Wire switches, on trolley wires
• Payment Switch, an application that switches payment transactions between issuers and acquirers

As a proper name

Other uses

• Switch (ad campaign), a 2002 campaign by Apple
• Switch (BDSM), a person who switches between dominant and submissive sex roles
• Switch (corporal punishment), a flexible wooden rod used for punishment
• The switch (con), a type of swindle
• Railroad switch, a mechanical installation that creates a junction between multiple railroad tracks

See also

• Switching (disambiguation)
• Code-switching (disambiguation)
• Switched-mode power supply