"shift register" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 137",
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        "A register designed to subject data to a shift."
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        "(computing) A register designed to subject data to a shift."
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        "(computing) A register designed to subject data to a shift."
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