Shift
Encyclopedia
Shift generally means to change (position).
Shift may refer to:
In mathematics and computing:
Shift may refer to:
- Gear shiftGear shiftThe gear shift is the part of the gearbox which has the shift forks and allows the contact from the driver to the synchronization. Most of the time they are so much like the gear counter plus the reverse gear. And they make it possible to choose the gear and to switch this in or out...
, to change gears in a car - Shift workShift workShift work is an employment practice designed to make use of the 24 hours of the clock. The term "shift work" includes both long-term night shifts and work schedules in which employees change or rotate shifts....
, an employment practice - Shift (string technique)Shift (string technique)On a string instrument, shifting, or a shift, is a movement of the fingers of the left hand from one position to another on the same string. Position is indicated through ordinal numbers . Strings may be indicated through roman numerals, I-IV, and fingering may be indicated through numbers, 1-4...
- Shift (music), a change of level in music
- Shift (magazine)Shift (magazine)Shift was a Canadian magazine, devoted to technology and culture. It has now ceased publication as a print magazine. Its website continued to publish new content for at least a year after the print title was discontinued, but is no longer in operation....
, a former Canadian technology and culture magazine - Shift (weapon), an improvised knife used as a weapon
- Shift (clothing), a simple kind of undergarment
- Shift the Ape, a character in The Chronicles of Narnia novel series
- Need for Speed: ShiftNeed for Speed: ShiftNeed for Speed: Shift is the 13th installment of the long-running racing video game franchise Need for Speed; published by Electronic Arts. It was announced in December 2008 as part of a three-game announcement that includes Need for Speed: Nitro and Need for Speed: World...
, a 2009 racing video game - Shift 2: UnleashedShift 2: UnleashedShift 2: Unleashed is a racing video game, the 17th title in the Need for Speed franchise. It was developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Electronic Arts...
, the 2011 sequel to the aforementioned video game - ShiftShift (game)Shift is a flash game developed and published by Armor Games. The game has had many versions and has been ported to iOS and PSN mini. The gameplay revolves around pressing the shift key to flip the room...
, an online video game series developed and presented by Armor GamesArmor GamesArmor Games, formerly Games Of Gondor, is a website based in Irvine, California, that hosts free Flash-based browser games. Armor Games was founded by Daniel McNeely. Under its former name, it hosted The Lord of the Rings-themed content, such as the games "Hob the Hobbit", "Battle for Gondor", and...
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In mathematics and computing:
- Shift keyShift keyThe shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row...
, a key on a computer keyboard - Bit shift, a bitwise operator in computing
- Barrel shifterBarrel shifterA barrel shifter is a digital circuit that can shift a data word by a specified number of bits in one clock cycle. It can be implemented as a sequence of multiplexers , and in such an implementation the output of one mux is connected to the input of the next mux in a way that depends on the shift...
, a digital circuit that can shift a data word by a specified number of bits - Arithmetic shiftArithmetic shiftIn computer programming, an arithmetic shift is a shift operator, sometimes known as a signed shift . For binary numbers it is a bitwise operation that shifts all of the bits of its operand; every bit in the operand is simply moved a given number of bit positions, and the vacant bit-positions are...
in telecommunication - Logical shiftLogical shiftIn computer science, a logical shift is a bitwise operation that shifts all the bits of its operand. Unlike an arithmetic shift, a logical shift does not preserve a number's sign bit or distinguish a number's exponent from its mantissa; every bit in the operand is simply moved a given number of bit...
- Circular shiftCircular shiftIn combinatorial mathematics, a circular shift is the operation of rearranging the entries in a tuple, either by moving the final entry to the first position, while shifting all other entries to the next position, or by performing the inverse operation...
or bit rotation, often used in cryptography
- Barrel shifter
- Shift operatorShift operatorIn mathematics, and in particular functional analysis, the shift operator or translation operator is an operator that takes a function to its translation . In time series analysis, the shift operator is called the lag operator....
, a linear operator in mathematics
See also
- Red shiftRed shift-Science:* Redshift, the increase of wavelength of detected electromagnetic radiation with respect to the original wavelength of the emission* Red shift, an informal term for a bathochromic shift...
(disambiguation) - Vowel shiftVowel shiftA vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language.The best-known example in the English language is the Great Vowel Shift, which began in the 15th century...
, a change in the pronunciation of vowel sounds - Paradigm shiftParadigm shiftA Paradigm shift is, according to Thomas Kuhn in his influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , a change in the basic assumptions, or paradigms, within the ruling theory of science...
, a change in basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science - Tax shiftTax shiftTax shift or Tax swap is a change in taxation that eliminates or reduces one or several taxes and establishes or increases others while keeping the overall revenue the same...
, a fiscal policy - Baseball positioningBaseball positioningIn baseball and softball, while there are nine named fielding positions, players may move around freely. The positioning for the nine positions is very flexible, although they all have regular depths—distances from home plate, and sometimes lateral positioning. A shift means that a player...
, where "shift" is a strategic alteration in defenders' normal fielding locations - ShapeshiftingShapeshiftingShapeshifting is a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. It is also found in epic poems, science fiction literature, fantasy literature, children's literature, Shakespearean comedy, ballet, film, television, comics, and video games...