| English | Spanish |
| AC/Main switch | interruptor de alimentación de CA (The overall power control for a piece of equipment, such as a device, a computer, or Surface unit) |
| app switch | cambio de aplicación (A feature of Internet Explorer 10 that allows users to easily switch between websites and their corresponding apps) |
| app switching | cambio de aplicación (The functionality that allows users to switch back to recently used apps) |
| compatibility switching | alternancia de compatibilidad (The process of reverting to legacy code when Windows detects that an application needs it to run seamlessly for the end user) |
| context switch | cambio de contexto (The changing of the identity against which permissions to execute statements or perform actions are checked) |
| Fast User Switching | Cambio rápido de usuario (A feature in Windows that allows you to switch to a different computer user account without closing programs and files first) |
| format switch | modificador de formato (A switch (\*) or instruction that specifies the capitalization, numeral style, and character formatting that Microsoft Word uses in a field result) |
| hat switch Movement pad on a joystick that gives 3D games players the ability to pan the view with a touch of the thumb | botón de punto de mira (POV) |
| Hyper-V Extensible Switch | Conmutador extensible de Hyper-V (A feature that provides extensibility capabilities to the virtual switch. It enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to create extensible plug-ins (known as Virtual Switch Extensions) that can provide enhanced networking and security capabilities) |
| numeric picture switch | modificador de imagen numérica (A switch (\) or instruction that specifies how Microsoft Word will display the numeric result of a field) |
| packet switching | conmutación de paquetes (A technology for breaking data into packets and then sending the packets over a network. Each packet has a header containing its source and destination, a sequence number to reassemble the information, a block of data content, and an error-checking code. The data packets may take different routes to their destination, where the original information is reassembled after the packets arrive. The international standard for packet switching networks is X.25) |
| role switching | conmutación de roles (In a database mirroring session, the taking over of the principal role by the mirror) |
| single switch device | dispositivo de conmutador único (An assistive computer technology for people with mobility impairments. A single switch device allows users to interact with a computer by using slight body movements) |
| switch out table | tabla de desactivación (The staging table the user wants to use for the partition to switch out of the current source table.) |
| switch parameter | parámetro de modificador (A parameter that does not take an argument) |
| Switch User | Cambiar de usuario (A UI command used to switch between accounts on a device) |
| Switch Video | Cambiar de vídeo (The button in a Video conversation window that switches between the local and remote video feeds in the current video conversation) |
| switching hub | concentrador de conmutación (A central network device (multiport hub) that forwards packets to specific ports rather than, as in conventional hubs, broadcasting every packet to every port. In this way, the connections between ports deliver the full bandwidth available) |
| virtual switch | conmutador virtual (A virtual version of a physical network switch. A virtual network can be configured to provide access to local or external network resources for one or more virtual machines) |
| 802.1X-capable switch | conmutador compatible con 802.1X (A network access server that adheres to both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.1X and the Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) standards, and that is deployed in networks to enforce 802.1X authenticated IEEE 802.3 wired Ethernet access) |
