interchange

1 a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams

2 mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating [syn: reciprocation, give-and-take]

3 reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries; "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" [syn: exchange]

1 give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" [syn: exchange, change]

2 cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" [syn: counterchange, transpose]

3 reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop]

English

Pronunciation

• (verb):
  • (RP): ĭntəchānj', /ɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒ/, /Int@"tSeIndZ/
  • (US): ĭntərchānj', /ɪntɚˈtʃeɪndʒ/, /Int@`"tSeIndZ/
• (noun):
  • (RP): ĭn'təchānj, /ˈɪntətʃeɪndʒ/, /"Int@tSeIndZ/
  • (US): ĭn'tərchānj, /ˈɪntɚtʃeɪndʒ/, /"Int@`tSeIndZ/

Verb

1. to switch (each of two things)
2. to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
3. to swap or change places
4. to alternate

Noun

1. an act of interchanging
2. a highway intersection or junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic

Translations

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), a collection of ramps, exits, and entrances between two highways
• Interchange station, 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, 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

Computers and Communication

• Interchange (software), an open source ecommerce application server (advanced solution for building customized webshops).
• Electronic Data Interchange, the computer-to-computer exchange of business data in a standard format
• Peripheral Interchange Program, software to enable computers to exchange files
• ASCII, 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, a circuit that facilitates the exchange of data and signaling information
• Interchange File Format, a generic file format that eases the transfer of data between different pieces of software

Other

• Interchange (Australian rules football), 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 (banking), the money paid from the Acquirer to the debit or credit card issuer for every transaction
• Interchange fee, the fee that a merchant's bank pays a customer's bank when merchants accept cards using card networks as payments
• Interchange Group, a company in the UK which sell Mobile and Remote working solutions
• Interchange of limiting operations, the commutativity of certain mathematical operations such as limits, derivatives, and integrals

See also

• Interchangeability

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