"bit shift" meaning in English

See bit shift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bit shifts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bit shift (plural bit shifts)
  1. (computing) A bitwise operation in which the bits in a value are shifted left or right. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (Translations): bitový posun [masculine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-bit_shift-en-noun-6NOlwVYi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 55 45 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: bit shifts [present, singular, third-person], bit shifting [participle, present], bit shifted [participle, past], bit shifted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} bit shift (third-person singular simple present bit shifts, present participle bit shifting, simple past and past participle bit shifted)
  1. (computing) To perform a bit shift. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: bitshift, bit-shift Hyponyms: left shift, right shift Related terms: <<, >>, <<<, >>>
    Sense id: en-bit_shift-en-verb-6E5llvix Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 55 45 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bit shifts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bit shift (plural bit shifts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bitwise operation in which the bits in a value are shifted left or right."
      ],
      "id": "en-bit_shift-en-noun-6NOlwVYi",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bitwise",
          "bitwise"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "shift",
          "shift"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A bitwise operation in which the bits in a value are shifted left or right."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bitový posun"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bit shift"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bit shifts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit shifting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit shifted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit shifted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bit shift (third-person singular simple present bit shifts, present participle bit shifting, simple past and past participle bit shifted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a bit shift."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "left shift"
        },
        {
          "word": "right shift"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-bit_shift-en-verb-6E5llvix",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) To perform a bit shift."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "<<"
        },
        {
          "word": ">>"
        },
        {
          "word": "<<<"
        },
        {
          "word": ">>>"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "word": "bitshift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "word": "bit-shift"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bit shift"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bit shifts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bit shift (plural bit shifts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bitwise operation in which the bits in a value are shifted left or right."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bitwise",
          "bitwise"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "shift",
          "shift"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A bitwise operation in which the bits in a value are shifted left or right."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bitshift"
    },
    {
      "word": "bit-shift"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bitový posun"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bit shift"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bit shifts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit shifting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit shifted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit shifted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bit shift (third-person singular simple present bit shifts, present participle bit shifting, simple past and past participle bit shifted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "left shift"
    },
    {
      "word": "right shift"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "<<"
    },
    {
      "word": ">>"
    },
    {
      "word": "<<<"
    },
    {
      "word": ">>>"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a bit shift."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) To perform a bit shift."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bitshift"
    },
    {
      "word": "bit-shift"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bit shift"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bit shift meaning in English (2.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.