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[[File:Assorted Electronic Jumpers.jpg|thumb|400px|Different types and colors of jumpers, with two individual black jumper pins on the left for scale.]]

In [[electronics]] and particularly [[computing]], a '''jumper''' is a short length of conductor used to close, open or bypass part of an [[electronic circuit]]. They are typically used to set up or configure [[printed circuit board]]s, such as the [[motherboard]]s of [[computer]]s. The process of setting a jumper is often called '''strapping'''.{{Citation needed|reason=Who, where and when is this said?|date=October 2013}}

A '''strapping option''' is a hardware configuration setting usually sensed only during power-up or [[bootstrapping]] of a device (or even a single chip).<ref name="Microchip_2010"/>