"barrel shifter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: barrel shifters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} barrel shifter (plural barrel shifters)
  1. (computing) A digital circuit that can shift a word by a specified number of bits using only combinational logic, without any sequential logic. Wikipedia link: barrel shifter Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: barrel rotator, barrel shift

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