locking shift

noun

locking shift

noun
1

Communications, Computing, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Mobile telephony, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Telecommunications, Telephony A state-dependent encoding mechanism used in data communication (such as GSM SMS) and character encoding standards to switch between different character sets or windows.

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