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left shift

left shift noun: a bit shift to the left, in which all of the bits of an operand are shifted by a given number of positions to the left.

Noun

left shift (plural left shifts)

  1. A bit shift to the left, in which all of the bits of an operand are shifted by a given number of positions to the left.
  2. The left shift operator; often given as << or <<<.

Verb

left shift (third-person singular simple present left shifts, present participle left shifting, simple past and past participle left shifted)

  1. To perform a left shift bitwise operation.

Antonyms of left shift

Forms of left shift

Noun
pluralleft shifts
alternative formleft-shift
Verb
third-person singular presentleft shifts
present participleleft shifting
past participleleft shifted
pastleft shifted

Questions about left shift

What does left shift mean?
Left shift means a bit shift to the left, in which all of the bits of an operand are shifted by a given number of positions to the left.
What part of speech is left shift?
Left shift can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of left shift?
The plural of left shift is left shifts.

Words near left shift in the dictionary

  1. left outer joins
  2. left over
  3. left peripheries
  4. left periphery
  5. left recursion
  6. left shift
  7. left shifted
  8. left shifting
  9. left shifts
  10. left someone cold
  11. left someone hanging

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