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• letters shift —    A teleprinter function initiated by the letters shift character, causing the machine to shift from upper to lowercase …   IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations

• Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is a deeply personal travel narrative by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. The twenty five letters cover a wide range of topics, from… …   Wikipedia

• Shift Out and Shift In characters — Shift Out (SO) and Shift In (SI) are ASCII control characters 14 and 15, respectively (0xE and 0xF).  The original meaning of those characters was to switch to a different character set and back.  This was used, for instance, in the… …   Wikipedia

• shift — [shift] vt. [ME schiften < OE sciftan, to divide, separate < IE * skeib > SHIP] 1. to move or transfer from one person, place, or position to another [to shift the blame] 2. to replace by another or others; change or exchange 3. to… …   English World dictionary

• shift key — shift′ key n. cmp a key on a typewriter or computer that is pressed to enter capital letters and other symbols and on a computer, to control certain other functions • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

• Shift key — The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. There are typically two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row. The shift key s name originated from… …   Wikipedia

• shift key — noun the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower case letters to upper case letters • Syn: ↑shift • Hypernyms: ↑key • Part Holonyms: ↑typewriter keyboard * * * noun : a typewriter key used for shifting * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• shift — ▪ I. shift shift 1 [ʆɪft] noun [countable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES one of the set periods of time during each day and night when a group of workers in a factory etc are at work before being replaced by another group of workers: • She works an eight… …   Financial and business terms

• shift key — /ˈʃɪft ki/ (say shift kee) noun a device on a typewriter or computer keyboard, used to type capital letters and certain special characters …  

• shift key — noun a) The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism b) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of …   Wiktionary

• Shift key — key used in combination with other keys which allows typing in capital letters or typing of special characters …   English contemporary dictionary