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A flash-cut is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.

Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing
Permissive dialing

In North America, permissive dialing is the ability to make phone calls in an area subject to a newly introduced area code using both the new and preexisting dialing methods....
 period. An example is telephone area code 213
Area code 213

North American area code 213 is a California telephone area code which was one of the first three area codes created in California in October 1947....
, which was split into 213 and 714
Area code 714

North American area codes 657 and 714 are California telephone area codes which encompass northern Orange County, California, a portion of Los Angeles County, California, and portions of Chino Hills, California in San Bernardino County, California....
 all at once. Another example is an immediate switch from an analog television
Analog television

Analog television encodes television picture and sound information and transmits it as an analog signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast Signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal....
 channel to a digital television
Digital television

Digital television is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by Discrete signal signals, in contrast to the Analog television used by analog TV....
 channel, such as WNYA
WNYA

WNYA, channel 51, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and western New England that is licensed to Pittsfield, Massachusetts....
, WGNM
WGNM (TV)

WGNM TV is a television station in Macon, Georgia. It is an owned and operated station, broadcasting the programming of the Christian Television Network....
 or W39CO
W39CO

W39CO channel 39 is a religious television station in the Richmond, Virginia television market and it is affiliated with the Trinity Broadcasting Network ....
.

A flash-cut can also define a procedure in which multiple components of computer infrastructure are upgraded in multiple ways, all at once, with no phase-in period.







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A flash-cut is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.

Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing
Permissive dialing

In North America, permissive dialing is the ability to make phone calls in an area subject to a newly introduced area code using both the new and preexisting dialing methods....
 period. An example is telephone area code 213
Area code 213

North American area code 213 is a California telephone area code which was one of the first three area codes created in California in October 1947....
, which was split into 213 and 714
Area code 714

North American area codes 657 and 714 are California telephone area codes which encompass northern Orange County, California, a portion of Los Angeles County, California, and portions of Chino Hills, California in San Bernardino County, California....
 all at once. Another example is an immediate switch from an analog television
Analog television

Analog television encodes television picture and sound information and transmits it as an analog signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast Signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal....
 channel to a digital television
Digital television

Digital television is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by Discrete signal signals, in contrast to the Analog television used by analog TV....
 channel, such as WNYA
WNYA

WNYA, channel 51, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and western New England that is licensed to Pittsfield, Massachusetts....
, WGNM
WGNM (TV)

WGNM TV is a television station in Macon, Georgia. It is an owned and operated station, broadcasting the programming of the Christian Television Network....
 or W39CO
W39CO

W39CO channel 39 is a religious television station in the Richmond, Virginia television market and it is affiliated with the Trinity Broadcasting Network ....
.

A flash-cut can also define a procedure in which multiple components of computer infrastructure are upgraded in multiple ways, all at once, with no phase-in period.

See also

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    Flag day (software)

    Flag day, as used in software engineering, is a change which requires a complete restart or conversion of a sizable body of software or data. The change is large and expensive, and?in the event it doesn't work?reversing the change is similarly difficult and expensive....