EGAVE

switch

About 15.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
  2. noun A change or exchange.
  3. noun A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
  4. noun A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
  5. noun Synonym of rute.
  6. noun A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
    Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
  7. noun A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
  8. noun A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

Similar words

transposition change over swop permutation turn around interchange change flip alternate swap

Often followed by

to is from on and in the off between

Word family

switchable switched switcher switchers switches switching

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