An instance of changing from one system, method, policy, etc. to another.
the switchover from analogue to digital TV
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The switch-over is set to save the school about ten per cent on its electricity bills and has been partly paid for with a grant from the Energy Saving Trust.
Lack of information on the availability of gadgets and government schemes has been a deterrent on a swift switch-over to alternative sources.
I'll announce it here when the switch-over is complete.
In turn this will help to achieve the policy supported by all three main political parties of achieving digital switch-over for the whole country.
The MEPs propose a ten year period for switch-over to a credit card format licence, with a common format to be introduced after a further ten years.
In the meantime, the changes are being planned by Ms. Doyle who says she is anxious to hear the views of consumers on how the switch-over should be made.
As a Reuters report makes clear, the switch-over from politics to pop is going ahead right on schedule.
The switch-over to Sky started at 12.30 pm with a preview of the game.
The radio station has until the end of the year to make the move and is drawing up plans to make sure it stays on air throughout the switch-over.
With any luck, you won't notice the switch-over other than perhaps seeing that the site appears more quickly.
Productivity can suffer in the switch-over, even amongst newer versions of the same application.
This means my lifestyle switch-over is all but complete.
What's happening on the web is part of a wider cultural switch-over.
This huge hike, it argues, is to help fund the digital switch-over, which requires new transmitters and financial aid to the elderly and needy, who otherwise would put two fingers up to having their analogue tellies taken away.
More important is to ensure that the switch-over to digital happens as soon as possible.
There are concerns, however, that some people will find the switch-over financially difficult.
It is still feasible technically for them to achieve switch-over by 2010, but whether the market will have developed to a sufficient extent is anybody's guess.
The Government is now talking of a complete switch-over to open auction.
This kind of switch-over should occur with increasing frequency as photographic subspecialties catch up with technological advances in the mass market.
The timing depends on software developers' readiness for the switch-over.