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barrel shifters

barrel shifters is the plural of barrel shifter.

Meaning of barrel shifter

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.

Questions about barrel shifters

What is barrel shifters the plural of?
Barrel shifters is the plural of barrel shifter.

Words near barrel shifters in the dictionary

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

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