Switching Explained

Switching may refer to:

Computing and technology

• 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

• 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

See also

• Switch (disambiguation)