Switching
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Switching may refer to:
Computing and technology
[edit]- Switching, functions performed by a switch:
- Electronic switching
- Packet switching, a digital networking communications methodology
- LAN switching, packet switching on Local Area Networks
- Telephone switching, the activity performed by a telephone exchange (telephone switching machine)
- Switching, a synonym for shunting in rail transport
Other uses
[edit]- Switching (ecology), a pattern of predation describing predators' selection of food based on its abundance
- Switching (film), a 2003 Danish interactive film
- Switching (pickleball), when doubles partners switch sides of their court
- Code-switching, of languages
- Immunoglobulin class switching, an immunological mechanism that changes the type of antibody produced by B cells
- Task switching (psychology), an experimental research paradigm used in cognitive psychology