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- DictionaryShift/SHift/
verb
- 1. move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance: "I shift the weight back to the other leg"
- 2. change gear in a vehicle: North American "she shifted down to fourth"
noun
- 1. a slight change in position, direction, or tendency: "a shift in public opinion"
- 2. one of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay: "the night shift"
[intransitive, transitive] to move, or move something, from one position or place to another. Lydia shifted uncomfortably in her chair. I shifted uneasily under his gaze. shift from somebody/something to somebody/something The action of the novel shifts from Paris to London.
/ʃɪft/ Verb Forms. move. [intransitive, transitive] to move, or move something, from one position or place to another Lydia shifted uncomfortably in her chair. I shifted uneasily under his gaze. shift (from…) (to…)
May 17, 2013 · Using shift operators increase readability and prevent someone inserting a new error code from using an existing combination of bits (i.e. 5 for instance). May be wrong: #define STRING_NOT_FOUND 1 #define STRING_INVALID 2 #define STRING_TOO_LARGE 4 #define STRING_SOMETHING_KO 5 May be better:
shift verb (CHANGE SPEED) to change the position of the gears (= parts that control how fast the wheels turn) in a vehicle: to shift gears. She shifted into neutral and turned off the engine. (Definition of shift from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
What are bitwise shift (bit-shift) operators and how do they work? Ask Question. Asked 15 years, 6 months ago. Modified 2 months ago. Viewed 876k times. 1550. I've been attempting to learn C in my spare time, and other languages (C#, Java, etc.) have the same concept (and often the same operators)...
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mov di,ax; 2 cyclesadd di, [column]; 2 cycles; di = [row]*320 + [column]; 16-bit addressing mode limitations:; [di] is a valid addressing mode, but [ax] isn't, otherwise we could skip the last mov...noun. OPAL W OPAL S. /ʃɪft/ period of work. [countable] a period of time worked by a group of workers who start work as another group finishes. to work a shift. I've just finished an eight-hour shift. in shifts working in shifts. on a shift to be on the day/night shift at the factory. shift workers/work. Collocations Jobs.
a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another: a shift in the wind. a person's scheduled period of work, esp. the portion of the day scheduled as a day's work when a shop, service, office, or industry operates continuously during both the day and night: She prefers the morning shift.