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'''Shift''' may refer to

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== Art, entertainment, and media==

*'''Mean Shift''' on [[Video_tracking]]

===Gaming===

*a movement

* [[Shift (series)|''Shift'' (series)]], a 2008 online video game series by Armor Games

*the '''[[shift key]]''' on a [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]]

* ''[[Need for Speed: Shift]]'', a 2009 racing video game

*in [[computing]], the analogue for '''[[literal string]]s''', for example '''[[barrel shifter]]''' (bit shift)

** ''[[Shift 2: Unleashed]]'', its 2011 sequel

*in [[computing]], the bit shift is a [[bitwise operator]]

*the analogue in [[mathematics]], e.g. a '''[[shift operator]]'''

*[[arithmetic shift]] in [[telecommunication]]

*derived meanings of change, such as '''[[red shift]]''', '''[[Great Vowel Shift]]''', '''[[paradigm shift]]'''

*to change gears in a car (eg. shifting up) see [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] or the actual component of a gearbox; see '''[[gear shift]]'''.

*a '''[[work shift]]''', typically eight hours between set times; see '''[[shift work]]''', '''[[graveyard shift]]''', '''[[swing shift]]''', '''[[split shift]]'''

*the '''[[Green tax shift]]''', a fiscal policy often proposed by Green political parties and conservationist interest groups.

* in [[music]], a shift is a change of [[level (music)|level]] and is similar to but more basic and general than a [[chord change]]. On a string instrument a shift is a movement of the left hand in order to play notes that are beyond the range of the previous hand position.

* a simple kind of [[undergarment]], also known as a '''[[chemise]]''' (smock)

* [[Shift (sailing)]], a shift of [[points of sail]].

*[[Shift the Ape]], a character in the [[Chronicles of Narnia]] series.

*[[Shift (magazine)]], a former Canadian technology and culture magazine.

*an improvised knife used as a weapon, also called a [[shank (weapon)|shank]] or [[shiv (weapon)|shiv]].

== See also =Literature===

* [[Shift (novel)|''Shift'' (novel)]], a 2010 alternative history book by Tim Kring and Dale Peck

*[[Shapeshift]]

* [[Shift (novella)|''Shift'' (novella)]], a 2013 science fiction book, part two of the Silo trilogy by Hugh Howey

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* [[Shift the Ape]], a character in the''The [[Chronicles of Narnia]]'' novel series.

* [[Shift (DC Comics)]], a [[DC Comics]] character who is a fragment of [[Metamorpho]]

* [[Shift (Marvel Comics)]], a [[Marvel Comics]] character who is a clone of [[Miles Morales]]

===Music===

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* [[Shift (Nasum album)|''Shift'' (Nasum album)]], 2004

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* [[Shift (The Living End album)]]

* [[Shift (sailingmusic)]], a shiftchange of [[pointslevel ofin sail]].music

* [[Shift (string technique)]], a finger movement from one position to another on the same string

===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media===

* [[Shift (magazine)|''Shift'' (magazine)]], a former Canadian technology and culture magazine.

* [[Shift (MSNBC)]], an online live-streaming video network

* [[Shift (sculpture)|''Shift'' (sculpture)]], an outdoor sculpture by American artist Richard Serra located in King City, Ontario, Canada

==Business==

* [[Shift work]], an employment practice

* [[Shift Technologies (online marketplace)]], a defunct American online marketplace for used cars

* [[SHIFT (company)]], a German company producing the Shiftphone

* [[SHIFT Inc.]], a Japanese software testing company

== Linguistics ==

* [[Language shift]], the process in which a community of speakers shift to speaking a different language

* [[Shifting (syntax)]], a syntactic process

* Sound shift, also known as sound shifting or [[sound change]]<!--or "sound shifting" in earlier usage-->

** [[Vowel shift]]

== Mathematics and computing ==

* [[Barrel shifter]], a digital circuit implementing bit shifts

* [[Bit shift]], an operation treating a value as a sequence of binary digits

** [[Arithmetic shift]]

** [[Circular shift]], often used in cryptography

** [[Logical shift]]

* [[Shift key]], a key on a computer or typewriter keyboard

* [[Shift operator]], a linear operator in mathematics

==Sports==

*[[Shift (ice hockey)]], a group of players in ice hockey

*[[Infield shift]], a defensive alignment in baseball and softball

== Other uses ==

* [[Shift (clothing)]], a simple kind of undergarment or dress

* [[Shift (weapon)]], an improvised knife used as a weapon

* [[Gear shift]], a lever to change gear in a vehicle

* [[Paradigm shift]], a change in basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science

* [[Blueshift]], any decrease in wavelength, with a corresponding increase in frequency, of an electromagnetic wave

* [[Redshift]], a phenomenon that occurs when light seen coming from an object that is moving away is proportionally increased in wavelength, or shifted, to the red end of the spectrum

* [[Shapeshifting]], a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales

* Shift vector, in [[ADM formalism]] of General Relativity

* Shifting, Hiberno-English slang for [[making out]]

* [[Tax shift]], a fiscal policy

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