Code switching falls in three types intra-sentential, inter-sentential and
tag switching (Poplack, 1980).Firstly, inter-sentential code switching takes place between sentences, clauses and turn takings.
The first one he called "tag switching" in which one language is inserted into another language.
Tag switching, inter-sentential, intra-sentential, situational, metaphorical and discourse contextualization (quotations).
Tag switching has been condemned by the NFU, which said the actions of individual farmers was completely at odds with the industry's determination to stamp out bovine TB.
Cisco rolled out tag switching, 3Com had FastIP, Ascend offered IP Navigator, and so on and so on.
Surprisingly, however, Ranjeet Sudan, Cisco's product manager for tag switching and MPLS, says, "We don't stress the performance increase in tag switching any more." Sudan explained that, although you can get similar performance improvements from Layer 3 switch/routers, tag switching turns out to offer unique benefits for doing "traffic engineering." For example, network engineers can use tag switching to do load balancing by defining two or more equivalent routes across a backbone.
With the integration of Cisco IOS(R) software, the BPX 8600 switch is the first carrier-class ATM switch to deliver IP services through
Tag Switching.
Tag Switching represents the industry's first end-to-end implementation of MPLS, giving service providers the privacy characteristics and quality-of-service (QoS) benefits of ATM and the universal connectivity of IP.
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tag switching is still a very popular method of shoplifting.
Some would argue that the introduction of IP and tag switching, both of which can use cell switching, improves routers as a vehicle for WAN consolidation.
Tag switching distributes IP routing functionality between tag edge routers and tag switches.
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Tag switching should get defined as the standard later on this year.