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toggle

DEFINITIONS OF: toggle

1

n a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions

Synonyms:
on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle switch
Types:
DIP switch, dual inline package switch
(computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware; used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user
Type of:
electric switch, electrical switch, switch
control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

n a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)

Type of:
fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

n any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time

Type of:
command, instruction, program line, statement
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

v fasten with, or as if with, a toggle

Type of:
fasten, fix, secure
cause to be firmly attached

v release by a toggle switch

“toggle a bomb from an airplane”
Type of:
let go, let go of, release, relinquish
release, as from one's grip

v provide with a toggle or toggles

Type of:
furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to
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