Interchange
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An interchange is a location where two things meet, usually perform some kind of exchange, and possibly go on their ways again. It is used in a number of different contexts. Interchange may refer to:

Transportation

  • Interchange (road)
    Interchange (road)
    In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...

    , a collection of ramps, exits, and entrances between two or more highways
  • Interchange (freight rail)
    Interchange (freight rail)
    In freight rail transport, interchange is the practice of railroads conveying freight cars from other companies over their lines...

    , the transfer of freight cars between railroad companies
  • Interchange station
    Interchange station
    An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...

    , a railway station where two or more different routes (sometimes of different companies) meet and allow passengers to exchange railroad cars within the station
  • Cross-platform interchange
    Cross-platform interchange
    A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system. The term originates with the London Underground; such layouts exist in other networks but are not commonly so named...

    , an interchange station which allows commuters exchange between 2 trains of different route in a higher efficiency on an island platform
  • Transport node, an interchange in the UK for more than one form of transport; see also transport interchange and intermodal passenger transport
    Intermodal passenger transport
    Intermodal passenger transport involves more than one mode of transport of passengers. Some modes of transportation have always been intermodal; for example, most major airports have extensive facilities for automobile parking and have good rail or bus connections to the cities nearby. Urban bus...


Computers and Communication

  • Interchange (software)
    Interchange (software)
    Interchange is a free and open source e-commerce web application server and platform written in Perl. Its primary use is building customized e-commerce and catalog solutions....

    , an open source ecommerce application server (advanced solution for building customized webshops).
  • Electronic Data Interchange
    Electronic Data Interchange
    Electronic data interchange is the structured transmission of data between organizations by electronic means. It is used to transfer electronic documents or business data from one computer system to another computer system, i.e...

    , the computer-to-computer exchange of business data in a standard format
  • Peripheral Interchange Program
    Peripheral Interchange Program
    Peripheral Interchange Program was a utility to transfer files on and between devices on Digital Equipment Corporation's computers. It was first implemented on the PDP-6 architecture by Harrison "Dit" Morse early in the 1960s...

    , software to enable computers to exchange files
  • ASCII
    ASCII
    The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text...

    , the American Standard Code for Information Interchange
  • Time Slot Interchange, a digital technique for switching whereby data in a particular time slot on the incoming port is put on a different time slot on the outgoing port
  • Interchange circuit
    Interchange circuit
    In telecommunication, an interchange circuit is a circuit that facilitates the exchange of data and signaling information between data terminal equipment and data circuit-terminating equipment ....

    , a circuit that facilitates the exchange of data and signaling information
  • Interchange File Format
    Interchange File Format
    Interchange File Format , is a generic container file format originally introduced by the Electronic Arts company in 1985 in order to ease transfer of data between software produced by different companies....

    , a generic file format that eases the transfer of data between different pieces of software
  • Interchange, a computer game
  • Interchange (textbook), a ESL
    ESL
    ESL is a common abbreviation for English as a Second Language, see English language learning and teaching.ESL may also refer to:-Companies:...

     textbook series, now in its 3rd edition

Other

  • Interchange (Australian rules football)
    Interchange (Australian rules football)
    Interchange is the term used to describe a team position in Australian rules football, consisting of the players who are off the ground at any time...

    , in Australian rules football, refers to a group of players in a sporting team that can be substituted into a match, replacing players coming off the ground
  • Interchange fee
    Interchange fee
    Interchange fee is a term used in the payment card industry to describe a fee paid between banks for the acceptance of card based transactions. Usually it is a fee that a merchant's bank pays a customer's bank however there are instances where the interchange fee is paid from the issuer to...

    , the fee that a merchant's bank pays a customer's bank when merchants accept cards using card networks as payments
  • Interchange of limiting operations
    Interchange of limiting operations
    In mathematics, the study of interchange of limiting operations is one of the major concerns of mathematical analysis. in that two given limiting operations, say L and M, cannot be assumed to give the same result when applied in either order...

    , the commutativity of certain mathematical operations such as limits, derivatives, and integrals
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