Switching
# Switching

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
