DIP switch

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dip switch

1. (Automotive Engineering) a device for dipping car headlights

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DIP 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

dual inline package switch

on/off switch, on-off switch, toggle switch, toggle - a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

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DIP switch

n (Comput) → DIP-Schalter m

dip switch

n (Aut) → Abblendschalter m

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This is just one example of a number of settings that formerly were built into the power supply through firmware or settable via dipswitches, which now are more accessible to the user via digital programmability.