Hoist may refer to: *

Hoist (device) A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting me ...

, a machine for lifting loads *

Hoist controller A hoist controller is the controller for a hoist. The term is used primarily in the context of electrically operated hoists, but it is apparent that the control systems of many 20th century steam hoists also incorporated controllers of significant ...

, a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable *

Hydraulic hooklift hoist Hydraulic hooklift hoists are mounted on heavy duty trucks to enable hauliers to change out flatbeds, dumpster bodies, and similar containers. Primarily used in conjunction with tilt frame bodies and specialised roller containers, generally des ...

, another machine * Hoist (mining), another machine *

Hoist (flag) Flag terminology is the nomenclature, or system of terms, used in vexillology, the study of flags, to describe precisely the parts, patterns, and other attributes of flags and their display. Flag types ...

, the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole * ''Hoist'' (album), by Phish *

USS Hoist (ARS-40) USS ''Hoist'' (ARS-40) was a ''Bolster''-class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. Its task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels. ''Hoist'' was launched 31 March 1945 by the Basalt Rock Company ...

, a Bolster class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II * Hoist (motion), a parliamentary procedure used in Canadian legislative bodies *

Patient lift A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, hydraulic lift) may be either a sling lift or a sit-to-stand lift. This is an assistive device that allows patients in hospitals and nursing homes and people receiving home health care to be transfe ...

, for lifting people *

Outliner An outliner (or outline processor) is a specialized type of text editor (word processor) used to create and edit outlines, which are text files which have a tree structure, for organization. Textual information is contained in discrete sections c ...

, filter for viewing

Computing

In computing, hoisting may refer to: *

Loop-invariant code motion In computer programming, loop-invariant code consists of statements or expressions (in an imperative programming language) that can be moved outside the body of a loop without affecting the semantics of the program. Loop-invariant code motion ( ...

, a compiler optimization * Variable hoisting, scope rule in JavaScript

Computing

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