Binary Logical Shifts

• Binary shift


  Moving bits left to right
• Binary shift operators


  • Often used in programming
  • Filling gaps with zeros when shifting right
• Logical shift


  The most basic and simple type of binary shift
• Applying a binary shift

  1. Move bits along to the left or right

  2. Fill gaps with zeros
• Shifting left


  Multiplies the number by 2 each time
• Shifting right


  Divides the number by 2 each time (with loss of fractional part for odd numbers)
• Shifting out of allocated memory space results in data loss (overflow error)