Branch_(disambiguation)

Branch (disambiguation)

A branch is a part of a woody plant.

Branch or branching may also refer to:

Branch (computer science), a point in a computer program where program-flow may change depending on a condition.

Branch predictor, the part of a processor that determines whether a conditional branch in the instruction flow of a program is likely to be taken or not.
Branch table, a term used to describe an efficient method of transferring program control (branching) to another part of a program using a table of branch instructions.
Indirect branch, a type of program control instruction.

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Branch (graph theory), a concept in mathematical logic
Branch point, a point at which a multiple-valued function changes values
Principal branch, a function which selects one branch of a multi-valued function

Branch (surname), a family name
Branch (academia), an academic sub-discipline
Branch (banking), a retail location
Branch (company), an establishment of a company in a country other than its home country
Branch (bridle), a crooked piece of iron in a bit shank
Branch line, a relatively minor railway line
Branching (chemistry), a concept in polymer chemistry
Branching (linguistics), the general tendency towards a given order of words within sentences and smaller grammatical units within sentences
USS Branch, of the United States Navy
Branch is a sometime-used taxonomic rank
The major subgroups of Indo-European languages (Anatolian, Greek, Germanic, etc.) are also called Branches