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left shifting

left shifting is the present participle and gerund of left shift.

Meaning of left shift

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.

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Questions about left shifting

What is left shifting the present participle and gerund of?
Left shifting is the present participle and gerund of left shift.

Words near left shifting in the dictionary

  1. left peripheries
  2. left periphery
  3. left recursion
  4. left shift
  5. left shifted
  6. left shifting
  7. left shifts
  8. left someone cold
  9. left someone hanging
  10. left someone high and dry
  11. left someone holding the baby

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