referring now to the drawings by reference characters and particularly fig1 through 4 , a preferred embodiment of the switch is shown wherein a single connector can be selectively connected to 6 second connectors . in this embodiment of the invention , the fixed or second connectors are shown to be female connectors while the movable connector is shown to be a male connector since this is the preferred configuration of the connectors . however , the invention would be equally workable with a reversal of the connectors . the connectors can be standard multiple contact connectors such as those which are commonly used on computers . this is preferred since such connectors have a known performance record and are readily acceptable by purchasers . however , it is possible to employ special connectors constructed particularly for use in the switch of the present invention . the switch of the present invention can be mounted in a cabinet 11 having a front wall 13 and a rear wall 15 . suspended in the framework of the cabinet is a rod 17 extending from side to side while a slider 19 is adapted to slide along the rod 17 as well as to pivot around the rod . slider 19 carries an arm 21 as well as a handle 23 . as is best seen in fig1 the handle 23 extends out through a horizontal slot 25 in the front wall 13 . this slot extends from side to side of the cabinet while a plurality of vertical slots 27 extend downwardly from the slot 25 . the back wall 15 is provided with mounting holes 15a so that the user &# 39 ; s cables terminating in female connectors , such as those designated 27 and 29 , can be mounted , there being one such connector for each of the slots 27 on the front of the cabinet . above each of the female connectors is a slot such as the one designated 31 which serves as a locating slot as is later explained . the arm 21 carries a male connector 33 which is connected by means of a multiple wire ribbon cable 35 to an input connector 37 . the input connector is connected to an incoming cable 39 by any suitable means while the female connectors such as 27 and 29 are connected to suitable output cables such as that shown at 41 . it will be understood , of course , that the terms &# 34 ; input &# 34 ; and &# 34 ; output &# 34 ; are selected only for ease of description and that the connections could easily be reversed . a pivoted plate 43 extends to the front of the switch and this is normally biased upwardly by a spring 45 with locks into a notch 47 on arm 21 , so that if the plate is in the upper position , arm 21 is locked in place , but if it is pressed downwardly , the arm is released . a pin 49 extends to the rear from arm 21 and serves as a locating pin by engaging in a slot 31 . on the front plate 13 indicia 51 may be provided to indicate the slot in which the handle 23 is placed . also , a short slot 53 may be provided which serves as an off or neutral position . it is believed that the switching action is now apparent . the input connector 39 could be connected to some computer device while the multiple output connectors 41 would each be connected to one of the female connectors such as 27 or 29 . in order to move the connection from one device to another , one presses down on the plate 43 so that it is depressed to the position shown in dashed lines in fig2 and 3 which releases the arm 21 . now one may raise the handle 23 and slide it along to the desired new position along the slot 25 . the slots 27 in the front of the switch give the approximate location of the connector while the action of the pin 49 in one of the slots 31 gives a very precise positioning of the connector . one now presses down on arm 23 , completing the new connection . other means can be used to permit the arm 21 to traverse across the various output connectors . in fig5 there is shown a slider 53 which moves in a slot 55 which extends across the back wall 57 of a switch . a lever arm 59 mounted on a pivot 61 is attached to the slider . thus , the arm 59 can move from side to side moving through the slot 55 or can swing outwardly to the position in dashed lines around the pivot 61 . as was earlier mentioned , multiple movable connectors may be employed in a situation where one has a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports . thus , in the configuration shown in fig6 a multiple position switch is shown having 3 input ports and 5 output ports . rod 63 which extends from side to side carries 2 sliders 65 and 67 . the sliders have downwardly extending arms 69 and 71 each of which carries a male connector 73 and 75 , respectively . these are connected together by means of the ribbon cable 77 . lever arm 73 has a handle 79 which extends out through the horizontal slot 81 in the front panel while there is a vertical slot 83 extending downwardly from the horizontal slot over each of the female connectors . similarly , a handle 85 extends out from the front of the instrument and can be moved along the horizontal slot 87 and into any of the 5 vertical slots 89 , each of which corresponds with one of the output female connectors . thus , in this type of switch , one can have a plurality of output ports each of which can be independently switched to any one of several input ports . of course , it will be understood that the provision for 3 input ports and 5 output ports in fig6 is only for the purpose of illustration and that any number of input and output ports might be employed . fig7 illustrates another embodiment of the invention where one might wish to merely jumper 2 adjacent ports together . thus , in this embodiment of the invention , 4 female connectors are employed , 2 of which are designated 91 and 93 and 2 of which are concealed under the male connectors 95 and 97 . both of the connectors 95 and 97 are mounted on the same arm 99 and are jumpered together by means of cable 101 . handle 98 attached to arm 99 can move to two positions , i . e . into slots 100 or 102 . in this way adjacent ports can be connected together so that one can connect the first and second ports together or the third and fourth ports together . obviously this structure could be extended to provide for any number of paired ports . fig8 is another configuration of the invention shown wherein there are 2 input ports designated 103 and 105 . eight output ports are provided each having a female connector such as that designated 107 . in this configuration , one desires to connect either input to any output so that it is necessary for the male connectors to cross over each other . to provide for this , 2 rods 109 and 111 are provided , one located near the top of the cabinet and one near the bottom . rod 109 has a slider 113 which carries a male connector 115 connected by means of flexible cable 117 to input port 105 . similarly , rod 111 carries a slider 119 which carries the male connector 121 which is connected by means of a flexible cable 123 to the input port 103 . the rest of the structure is as has been previously described . thus , with this configuration , the connectors 115 and 121 can be plugged into any of the output connectors and can cross over each other as is shown in fig8 . in fig9 another configuration of the invention is shown which , instead of employing a slider , employs an arm which is pivoted in two planes at right angles to each other . in this figure , the back wall 125 carries a plurality of female connectors 127 which are in side by side configuration but arranged radially around an imaginary circle which has a center approximately on pin 129 . above each of the female connectors 127 is a locating hole 131 , again located on an imaginary circle centered on pin 129 . the front panel , shown in phantom , has an arcuate slot 133 which a plurality of radial slots 135 , one corresponding to each of the female connectors 127 . the bracket 137 mounted on the rear wall 125 has a second bracket 139 pivoted thereon at point 141 which in turn holds the pivot pin 129 at right angles to pin 141 . arm 143 has a handle 145 can thus swing in and out as is shown by the arrow 147 or around the pin 129 as is shown by the arrow 149 . the arm 143 carries a male connector 151 connected by the flexible ribbon cable 153 to the input port 155 . thus , in this configuration , handle 145 can be used to selectively insert the male connector 151 into any of the female connectors 127 . although in the figure , 4 output connectors 127 are shown , a smaller or a larger number might be used and , in fact , they could even form a complete circle rather than the semicircle illustrated . in some installations , it may be desired to mount the switch in a standard rack mounting so that the configuration of fig1 might be employed for a rack mounting instead of the configuration shown in fig1 wherein the switch might merely be placed on a table . for rack mounting , the locking plate 43 might extend out too far and not be suitable . accordingly , in this configuration of the invention , a front plate 157 might be provided . the handle 159 extends from the front of the plate 157 as well as a push button 161 on bar 162 . the push button 161 has a spring 163 which normally biases the button outwardly . a locking plate 165 pivoted on pin 167 is normally held in the upper position , shown in solid lines , by means of a spring 167 . the end of the locking plate 165 normally engages the pivoted arm 169 so that normally the handle 159 could not be lifted as long as plate 165 is in the upper position , as is shown in solid lines . however , if one pushes the button 161 on bar 162 , plate 165 swings to the position shown in dashed lines , releasing arm 169 so that handle 159 can now be maneuvered , as is shown in dashed lines . thus the device operates exactly as previously described except for this embodiment of the latching mechanism . although certain specific embodiments of this invention have been described , it will be understood that these are only for the purposes of illustration and that many variations can be made in the structure shown without departing from the spirit of this invention . for instance , other configurations of connectors might be employed as well as other numbers of input and output ports .