barrel shifter
<hardware>
A hardware device that can shift or rotate a data word by any number of bits in a single operation. It is implemented like a multiplexor, each output can be connected to any input depending on the shift distance.
Last updated: 1995-03-28
Nearby terms:
barnacle code ♦ Baroque ♦ baroque ♦ barrel shifter ♦ barycentric ♦ base ♦ base 64
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