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comutador — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.

Senses

comutador is used for these senses in English:

  • commutator (group theory) A binary map in a given group G, given by [g, h] = ghg−1h−1, where g and h are elements of G, which yields the group's identity if and only if the group operation commutes for g and h.
  • switch (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.

switch — full definition

  1. noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.
  2. noun A change or exchange from one thing to another.
  3. verb To change from one thing, state, or place to another.
  4. noun A device that connects multiple devices on a computer network, directing data between them.

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