Shift
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- a movement
- the shift key on a keyboard, harking back to typewriter days
- in computing, the analogue for literal strings, for example barrel shifter (bit shift)
- in computing, the bit shift is a bitwise operator
- the analogue in mathematics, e.g. a shift operator
- arithmetic shift in telecommunication
- derived meanings of change, such as red shift, Great vowel shift, paradigm shift
- a work shift, typically eight hours between set times; see shift work, graveyard shift, swing shift, split shift
- in music, a shift is a change of level and is similar to but more basic and general than a chord change. On a string instrument a shift is a movement of the left hand in order to play sounds that are beyond the range of the previous hand position.
- a simple kind of undergarment, also known as a chemise (smock)
- in sailing, a shift of Points of sail, see Shift (sailing).
- Shift the Ape, a character in the Chronicles of Narnia series.
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