right shift

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Noun

right shift (plural right shifts)

  1. (computing) A bit shift to the right, in which all of the bits of an operand are shifted by a given number of positions to the right.
  2. (computing) The right shift operator; often given as >> or >>>

Verb

right shift (third-person singular simple present right shifts, present participle right shifting, simple past and past participle right shifted)

  1. (computing) To perform a right shift bitwise operation.

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