Shift Examples

• A Right Shift

• 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 original

• 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 shift

• What was the original value ? 4

• What is the new value ? 2

• A very fast way to divide by 2

• If we did 2 right shifts, we’d be dividing by 4, 3 left shifts by 8, etc.

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