例子中我们有开关，可能有几种开关，如普通的开关，漂亮的开关，但通常来说它们还是开关，并且每种开关都能够打开和关闭。

We have switches in our example. There may be some specific kinds of switches like normal switches, fancy ones, but, in general, they are switches.

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you could characterize them in terms of how they're gated, -- and basically how they open or close -- that's one way to talk about different types.

你可以通过闸门的类型来描述它们，这基本上也就是看它们是如何打开或关闭的-,这是一种讨论不同类型的方法。

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