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toggle
To alternate back and forth between two states by pressing or clicking the same button. For example, the "Last" button on a TV remote control alternates between the last two TV channels selected. In Windows, pressing Alt-Tab switches the user between the last two open application windows that were selected. See toggle switch.
toggle
1. a wooden peg or metal rod fixed crosswise through an eye at the end of a rope, chain, or cable, for fastening temporarily by insertion through an eye in another rope, chain, etc.
2. Machinery a toggle joint or a device having such a joint

toggle [′täg·əl]
(computer science)
To switch back and forth between two stable states or modes of operation.
A hardware or software device that carries out this switching action.
(electronics)
To switch over to an alternate state, as in a flip-flop.
(mechanical engineering)
A form of jointed mechanism for the amplification of forces.

toggle - To change a bit from whatever state it is in to the other state; to change from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1. This comes from "toggle switches", such as standard light switches, though the word "toggle" actually refers to the mechanism that keeps the switch in the position to which it is flipped rather than to the fact that the switch has two positions. There are four things you can do to a bit: set it (force it to be 1), clear (or zero) it, leave it alone, or toggle it.


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Before the carved Netsuke were created, the very first Netsuke were made of roots and twigs for the purpose of toggles No matter the type of beautifully carved containers, it was the well crafted Netsuke toggle needed for security of the personal belongings being carried Before the carved Netsuke were created, the very first Netsuke were made of roots and twigs for the purpose of toggles.
The pneumatic toggle presses combine the mechanical advantages of levers and toggles to produce a ram force that builds as it reaches the bottom of its stroke, and features new process controls that provide force monitoring for quality control.
The company offers a variety of toggle-clamp injection machines, including a line of five-point toggles for thin-wall parts, closures, and other high-speed applications.
 
 
 
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