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barrel shifter

barrel shifter noun: a digital circuit that can shift a word by a specified number of bits using only combinational logic, without any sequential logic.

Noun

barrel shifter (plural barrel shifters)

  1. A digital circuit that can shift a word by a specified number of bits using only combinational logic, without any sequential logic.

Forms of barrel shifter

pluralbarrel shifters

Questions about barrel shifter

What does barrel shifter mean?
Barrel shifter means a digital circuit that can shift a word by a specified number of bits using only combinational logic, without any sequential logic.
What part of speech is barrel shifter?
Barrel shifter is a noun.
What is the plural of barrel shifter?
The plural of barrel shifter is barrel shifters.

Words near barrel shifter in the dictionary

  1. barrel rolls
  2. barrel roof
  3. barrel roofs
  4. barrel sauna
  5. barrel saunas
  6. barrel shifter
  7. barrel shifters
  8. barrel shroud
  9. barrel shrouds
  10. barrel sling
  11. barrel sponge

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