switching

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switching

  1. present participle and gerund of switch

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switching (countable and uncountable, plural switchings)

  1. The act or process of something that switches.
    1. Corporal punishment by use of a switch (twig or twigs).
    2. Back-and-forth movement of an animal's tail, etc.
    3. The transference of an investment from one fund to another.
    4. The movement of a locomotive from one track to another.
    5. Change from one product or service provider to another.
    6. (computing, networking) The process of transferring data packets from one device to another in a network, or from one network to another.

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