SHIFT REGISTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shift register mean? 

• SHIFT REGISTER (noun)
  The noun SHIFT REGISTER has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right

  Familiarity information: SHIFT REGISTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIFT REGISTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shift register" is a kind of...):

register ((computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)