right shift

See also: right-shift

English

Alternative forms

• right-shift

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.

Antonyms

• left shift

See also

• logical shift
• arithmetic shift