shift register

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

   Broaderregister

   computer science

Questions about shift register

What does shift register mean?

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

Is shift register a common word?

shift register is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.