What do the terms "cuts" and "jumpers" mean?
The context appears to be switching of a power grid while troubleshooting and repairing things.

In that context, a 'cut' might be where you physically cut a conductor (as a prerequisite to repairing it with a new bit of conductor.)

A 'jumper' might be where you temporarily connect two conductors which aren't usually connected, for the purposes of working around a fault.

The software in question seems to be for monitoring the status of a power system in real time, so that the grid operator can tell which bits of the grid are alive (not safe to work on), and which bits are dead (safe to work on). Tracking 'cuts' and 'jumpers' would be important as they are very temporary by nature, and might not be well tracked by software which has a fixed model of switching locations.