autoswitchingn.
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌswɪtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔdoʊˌswɪtʃɪŋ/, /ˈɔdəˌswɪtʃɪŋ/, /ˈɑdoʊˌswɪtʃɪŋ/, /ˈɑdəˌswɪtʃɪŋ/ Chiefly Computing.
Automatic switching; the facility afforded by an autoswitch.
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1912 Proc. Inst. Municipal & County Engineers 38 73 If the fire station and police station are any considerable distance apart, auto-switching apparatus is placed at the former, whereby police calls are switched through direct to the police station without disturbing the fire station.
1950 Jrnl. Brit. Inst. Radio Engineers 10 9 (caption) Comparator auto switching: one aerial only applied.
1981 InfoWorld 22 June 23/1 My only recourse was..to switch around the auto switching of the 80 x 24 card.
1993 MacUser Oct. 117/2 Auto-switching—can the drive automatically switch between American and European voltages?
2008 J. Matthews et al. Running Xen iii. 57 If the switch character is followed by an x, autoswitching is disabled.
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autoswitchingadj.
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌswɪtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔdoʊˌswɪtʃɪŋ/, /ˈɔdəˌswɪtʃɪŋ/, /ˈɑdoʊˌswɪtʃɪŋ/, /ˈɑdəˌswɪtʃɪŋ/ That switches automatically between different modes of operation or different settings.Quot. 1912 at autoswitching n. could perhaps be interpreted as belonging here.
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1977 Brit. Patent 1,477,102 1/1 The invention relates to a traffic simulator, designed for testing an auto-switching unit such as a telephone exchange.
1983 InfoWorld 7 Mar. 69/2 The system is autoswitching.
1996 ENT (Nexis) Oct. 10 All networking equipment runs on both 110 and 220 at either 50 or 60 Hz, and much of it is autoswitching.
2007 E. Rogers & T. M. Kostigen Green Bk. 37 Try ‘auto switching’ power strips. They shut down when the primary appliance is turned off.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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