Branch
In telecommunication, the term branch has the following meanings:
1. In a computer program, a conditional jump or departure from the implicit or declared order in which instructions are being executed.
2. To select a branch, as in definition #1.
3. A direct path joining two nodes of a network or graph.
4. 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.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188