locking shift

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Synonyms: rocking shaft

Antonyms: rocking shaft

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|computing|mobile telephony}} A [[state]]-[[dependent]] [[encoding]] [[mechanism]] [[used]] in [[data]] [[communication]] (such as [[GSM]] [[SMS]]) and [[character]] [[encoding]] [[standard]]s to [[switch]] between different [[character set]]s or [[window]]s.

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