Hoist may refer to:
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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 ...
, a machine for lifting loads
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Hoist controller, a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable
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Hydraulic hooklift hoist, another machine
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Hoist (mining)
In underground mining a hoist or winder is used to raise and lower conveyances within the mine shaft. Modern hoists are normally powered using electric motors, historically with direct current drives utilizing Ward Leonard control machines and ...
, another machine
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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
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, the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole
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''Hoist'' (album), by Phish
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USS Hoist (ARS-40), a Bolster class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II
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Hoist (motion), a parliamentary procedure used in Canadian legislative bodies
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Patient lift
A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, or Hoyer 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 transferred ...
, for lifting people
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Outliner
An outliner (or outline processor) is a specialized type of text editor (word processor) used to create and edit Outline (list), outlines, which are text files which have a tree structure or a tree view, for organization. Textual information is co ...
, filter for viewing
Computing
In computing, hoisting may refer to:
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Loop-invariant code motion
In computer programming, loop-invariant code consists of statements or expressions (in an imperative programming, imperative programming language) that can be moved outside the body of a loop without affecting the semantics of the program. Loop-i ...
, a compiler optimization
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Variable hoisting
The syntax of JavaScript is the set of rules that define a correctly structured JavaScript program.
The examples below make use of the log function of the console object present in most browsers for standard text output.
The JavaScript sta ...
, scope rule in JavaScript
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