The Name Service Switch (NSS) is a feature found in the standard C library of various Unix-like operating systems that connects a computer with a variety...

Nintendo Switch 2 is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo, released in most regions on June 5, 2025. Like the original Switch, it can be...

qualified name of foo.passwd.ns.example.net. The DNS server is then queried for this entry and returns the value of that record. Name Service Switch (NSS)...

Network Information Service Name Service Switch (NSS) resolver, resolv.conf, resolvconf for Unix/Linux Open Root Server Network RealNames List of managed...

Centrifugal switch Company switch Crossbar switch Dead man's switch Fireman's switch Hall-effect switch Inertial switch Isolator switch Key switch Kill switch Latching...

The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the...

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed name service that provides a naming system for computers, services, and other resources...

file remains an alternative name resolution mechanism, configurable often as part of facilities such as the Name Service Switch as either the primary method...

needed] Linux distributions use the Name Service Switch configuration file /etc/nsswitch.conf in which mDNS name resolution was added via the mdns4_minimal...

maps. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Hesiod (name service) Name Service Switch (NSS) Network information system, for a broader use of NIS...

telephone exchange, telephone switch, or central office is a central component of a telecommunications system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN)...

Name Service Switch, a technology used in UNIX Namespace Specific String, a part of the syntax of a Uniform Resource Name Network Security Services,...

TXT records). Bonjour Sleep Proxy Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) Name Service Switch (NSS) Multicast DNS. Internet Engineering Task Force...

The International Packet Switched Service (IPSS) was the first international and commercial packet switching network. It was created in 1978 by a collaboration...

variety of resolution methods not limited to the Domain Name System (DNS). The Name Service Switch is commonly used on Unix-like systems and affects most...

Authorization Service Linux PAM OpenPAM Identity management – the general topic Name Service Switch – manages user databases System Security Services Daemon...

network service. A user often has a user account and is identified to the system by a username (or user name). Some software products provide services to other...

version added DNS in a crude way. The current implementation using Name Service Switch derives Solaris and later NetBSD 1.4 (1999). Initially defined for...

a unified data-carrying service for both circuit-based clients and packet-switching clients which provide a datagram service model. It can be used to...

A railroad switch (AE), turnout, or (set of) points (CE) is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such...

multiple resolution services are used to effect such lookups. Name server Multicast DNS Name Service Switch Identity resolution Naming collision v t e...

The reed switch is an electromechanical switch operated by an applied magnetic field. It was invented in 1922 by professor Valentin Kovalenkov at the...

The Nintendo eShop is a digital distribution service for the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2, and formerly available via the Nintendo Network...

SP-1 (Stored Program 1) was the name of a computerized telephone exchange (a so-called switching office) manufactured by Northern Electric (later Northern...

In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context...

consisted of the circuit-switched core network, used for traditional GSM services such as voice calls, SMS, and circuit switched data calls. It was extended...

specific purpose of providing data transmission services for the public. The first public packet switching networks were RETD in Spain (1972), the experimental...

game industry, 2025 saw the release of Nintendo's next-generation Nintendo Switch 2 console. The following table lists the top-rated games released in 2025...

modern packet switching systems. 5ESS switches in service in 2021 also included several operated by the United States Navy. The 5ESS switch has three main...

a crossbar switch (cross-point switch, matrix switch) is a collection of switches arranged in a matrix configuration. A crossbar switch has multiple...