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Switchboard operator
A switchboard operator, also called a long distance operator, connects telephone calls by hand using cords and plugs, a job that dominated telephony from the late 1870s.
Switched (宇宙を駆けるよだか)
Switched (宇宙を駆けるよだか, Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka) is a 2018 six-episode Netflix Japanese drama directed by Matsuyama Hiroaki, adapted from Kawabata Shiki's manga, in which popular high schooler Ayumi swaps bodies with bullied classmate Zenko, who refuses to switch back.
Switched at Birth (TV series)
Switched at Birth is an American family drama (ABC Family/Freeform, 2011–2017) created by Lizzy Weiss about Bay Kennish and Daphne Vasquez, teens switched at birth, notable for ASL scenes, an all-ASL episode, and a 2012 Peabody Award.
Switched reluctance motor
A switched reluctance motor (SRM) is an electric motor that produces torque purely through magnetic reluctance, using a rotor of plain iron with no windings or magnets.
Switched-capacitor converter
A switched-capacitor converter (SCC) is a DC–DC power converter built from switches and capacitors alone, transferring charge between capacitors to step voltage up, down, or invert it.
Switched-mode power supply
A switched-mode power supply (SMPS), or switching power supply, regulates its output by rapidly switching a transistor between fully on and off states, achieving 60%–95% efficiency.
Switched-On Bach
Switched-On Bach (1968) is Wendy Carlos's Columbia Masterworks album of 12 Bach pieces on a Moog modular synthesizer. It won three 1970 Grammys, was the first classical LP certified platinum, topped the classical chart over three years, and reached Billboard's pop top 10.
Switcher and shunting locomotives
A switcher (United States) or shunter (United Kingdom) is a small locomotive built to sort and move rail cars within yards, stations, ports, and industrial sites.
Switchfoot
Switchfoot is an American alternative rock band from San Diego, formed in 1996 by brothers Jon and Tim Foreman, best known for The Beautiful Letdown and a 2009 Grammy.
Switchgear
Switchgear is the combination of disconnect switches, circuit breakers, fuses, and protective relays used to control, protect, and isolate electrical power circuits, often in substations.
Switching barriers
Switching barriers are the obstacles that keep a customer with an existing supplier, including costs of duplicating seller-specific investments in equipment, learning, or relationships, and contractual penalties.
Switching Channels
Switching Channels is a 1988 American screwball romantic comedy directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, and Christopher Reeve, adapted from the 1928 play The Front Page.
Switching overvoltage
A switching overvoltage is a transient voltage rise in a power system caused by a switching operation or fault, lasting milliseconds to half a power frequency cycle.
Switching regression
A switching regression is a statistical model in which the relationship between variables switches among a few regimes, each with its own coefficients and error variance.
Swithun
Swithun, also spelled Swithin, was bishop of Winchester from 852 to 863 and became one of the most popular English saints after his relics were translated in 971.
Switzerland
Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Svizra) is a federal semi-direct democracy of 26 cantons with a seven-member Federal Council, four official languages, permanent neutrality recognized in 1815, and one of the world's most competitive economies.
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest: founding participant with 68 entries and three wins (Lys Assia 1956, Celine Dion 1988, Nemo 2024), hosted Lugano 1956, Lausanne 1989, Basel 2025.
Switzerland men's national ice hockey team
Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft), SIHF-governed IIHF member since 1908, ranked 5th; World Championship silver in 1935, 2013, 2018, 2025, and 2026, no gold; led by Roman Josi, Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, goalie Leonardo Genoni.
Switzerland national football team
Switzerland national football team (Nati), governed by the Swiss Football Association (SFV, founded 1895). Quarter-finalists at the 1934, 1938, 1954 and 2026 World Cups and Euro 2020/2024; FIFA ranked 14th in July 2026.
Switzerland–European Union relations
Switzerland–EU relations: the bilateral sectoral-agreement path since the 1972 Free Trade Agreement, after the 1992 EEA rejection, Bilaterals I (1999) and II (2004), the failed 2014–2021 framework agreement, and the Bilaterals III package signed 2 March 2026.
Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Daoud Dean, born 1978, Bronx) is an American hip-hop producer, rapper, and DJ. Ruff Ryders producer of DMX's "Ruff Ryders' Anthem", Grammy winner for "On To The Next One", Full Surface founder, Verzuz co-creator.
SWMRS
SWMRS ("swimmers"), formerly Emily's Army, is an Oakland punk rock band of the Becker brothers, ex-Green Day drummer's son Joey Armstrong; albums Drive North, Berkeley's on Fire, Sonic Tonic, Becker.
Swoop (airline)
Swoop was a Canadian ultra-low-cost airline operated by WestJet from Calgary, offering no-frills Boeing 737 fares from 2018 until it was folded into WestJet in 2023.
Swoosh
The Swoosh is Nike's checkmark logo, designed in 1971 by Portland State student Carolyn Davidson for $35 (first commercial use June 18, 1971), debuting on "the Nike" football boot and becoming a standalone textless trademark by 1995.
Swoosie Kurtz
Swoosie Kurtz, American stage and screen actress born 1944 in Omaha, named for her father's WWII B-17D bomber The Swoose; two-time Tony winner (Fifth of July, The House of Blue Leaves) and Emmy winner for Carol & Company.
Sword
A sword is an edged hand weapon with a long blade fitted to a hilt, used for cutting and thrusting, carried from the third millennium BC onward.
Sword and Beloved (狐妖小红娘王权篇)
Sword and Beloved (天地剑心), formerly Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Wangquan Chapter, is a 2025 iQIYI xianxia drama, 36 episodes, directed by Du Lin, starring Cheng Yi and Li Yitong, adapted from Tuo Xiao Xin's manhua; third of a trilogy, renamed before broadcast, later criticized for adaptation changes.
Sword and Fairy (祈今朝)
Sword and Fairy (祈今朝, Qi Jin Zhao), also called Legend of Sword and Fairy 6: Qi Jinzhao, is a 2024 Chinese xianxia drama adapted from the game Chinese Paladin 6, starring Xu Kai and Esther Yu; 36 episodes on Tencent Video from January 18, 2024.
Sword and sorcery
Sword and sorcery (S&S), a fantasy subgenre of violent small-scale adventures from Robert E. Howard's Conan to Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser; term coined by Leiber in 1961, born in Weird Tales pulps, distinguished from high fantasy by personal stakes and villain-wielded magic.
Sword Art Online (ソードアート・オンライン)
Sword Art Online (ソードアート・オンライン, SAO) is a Japanese light novel series by Reki Kawahara, illustrated by abec, about players trapped in a lethal VRMMORPG; began Dengeki Bunko April 2009, over 30 million copies, major anime and game franchise.