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shift register

shift register noun: a register designed to subject data to a shift.

Noun

shift register (plural shift registers)

  1. A register designed to subject data to a shift.
    • Shift registers, as Leibniz had demonstrated 260 years earlier, could perform binary arithmetic simply by shifting an entire row of binary digits one position to the right or left.2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 137

shift register meaning in Tamil

shift register in Tamil

பெயர்ச்சிப் பதிப்பான்

Forms of shift register

pluralshift registers

Questions about shift register

What does shift register mean?
Shift register means a register designed to subject data to a shift.
What is shift register in Tamil?
Shift register in Tamil is பெயர்ச்சிப் பதிப்பான். See Shift register meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shift register?
Shift register is a noun.
What is the plural of shift register?
The plural of shift register is shift registers.

Words near shift register in the dictionary

  1. shift locks
  2. shift off
  3. shift one's ground
  4. shift one's tides
  5. shift out
  6. shift register
  7. shift registers
  8. shift stick
  9. shift sticks
  10. shift the cut
  11. shift the deckchairs on the Titanic

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