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Switch ( late Middle High German switch 'Schieber', 'Liegel') means:

Switches (electrical engineering) , mechanically operated electrical component
electronic switch , semiconductor component
Boolean variable , in digital technology and logic a more or less complex Boolean value
Counter (check-in) , a partitioned room or counter to check-in for the public or customers

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Wiktionary: Switches - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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