FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A device to turn electric current turn on|on and turn off|off or direct its flow.

n A change.

n (context|rail transport|US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.

n A slender woody plant stem used as a whip.

n (computer science) A CLI | command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.

n (computing|programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.

n (computing|networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

n (telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.

n (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.

v (transitive) To exchange.

v (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.

v (transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.

v (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

v (slang) (intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.