left shifts

A form of left shift — A bit shift to the left, in which all of the bits of an operand are shifted by a given number of positions to the left.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of left shift
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of left shift
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