Branch (disambiguation)

Branch is used in a number of figurative senses, many of which express the idea of a divergence:

• A bark-covered structure of a woody plant; see branch
• In a computer program, a conditional jump or departure from the implicit or declared order in which instructions are being executed (see Goto and Jump instruction); also used as a verb meaning to perform such a jump
• In software engineering, a separate line of development, which allows development on a project to diverge in two directions, such as a stable and a development version; see fork (software)
• A particular store or office location of a business with more than one such location, especially of a franchising business
• In government, a large division of the government with a certain function and given certain powers, such as the legislative branch, executive branch, or judicial branch
• In graph theory, a direct path joining two nodes of a network or graph
• In a power distribution system, a circuit from a distribution device (power panel) of a lower power handling capability than that of the input circuits to the device
• In Mormonism, a branch is the name of a local congregation of Latter Day Saints. See Ward (Mormonism).
• Many places have Branch in their names:
  • Branch, Arkansas
  • Branch County, Michigan
  • Branch Township, Michigan
  • Branch Township, Pennsylvania
  • various places named North Branch
  • various places named South Branch
  • various places named West Branch
  • Drakes Branch, Virginia
  • Fall Branch, Tennessee
  • Farmers Branch, Texas
  • Flowery Branch, Georgia
  • Fort Branch, Indiana
  • Hamilton Branch, California
  • various places named Long Branch
  • Plum Branch, South Carolina
  • Village of the Branch, New York
  • Wells Branch, Texas