Shift

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Shift may refer to

English Wiktionary
English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (word meaning) for:
  • a movement
  • the shift key on a keyboard
  • to change gears in a car (eg. shifting up) see transmission or the actual component of a gearbox; see gear shift.
  • in computing, the analogue for literal strings, for example barrel shifter (bit shift)
  • in computing, the bit shift is a bitwise operator
  • the analogue in mathematics, e.g. a shift operator
  • arithmetic shift in telecommunication
  • derived meanings of change, such as red shift, Great Vowel Shift, paradigm shift
  • a work shift, typically eight hours between set times; see shift work, graveyard shift, swing shift, split shift
  • the Green tax shift, a fiscal policy often proposed by Green political parties and conservationist interest groups.
  • in music, a shift is a change of level and is similar to but more basic and general than a chord change. On a string instrument a shift is a movement of the left hand in order to play notes that are beyond the range of the previous hand position.
  • a simple kind of undergarment, also known as a chemise (smock)
  • Shift (sailing), a shift of points of sail.
  • Shift the Ape, a character in the Chronicles of Narnia series.
  • Shift (magazine), a former Canadian technology and culture magazine.
  • an improvised knife used as a weapon, also called a shank or shiv.
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