(electronics) A matrix of switches with multiple input and output lines that form a crossed pattern between which a connection may be established by closing a switch located at each intersection.

plural of crossbar switch

(electricity) A device to halt the current flow, a cut-out or trip.

(computing) A method to increase the usable memory beyond what the processor normally supports by switching between different areas of memory at runtime.

plural of optical switch

plural of toggle switch

(computing, networking) A high-capacity switch usually at the core or backbone of a computer network, aggregating network traffic to the Internet or a WAN.

Panicum virgatum, a dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie.

A technique by which a laser can be made to produce a pulsed output beam, with much higher power in each pulse than would be produced when operating as a continuous wave.

present participle of Q-switch