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10 Language-to-English DictionariesColumn-shift
/ˈkɒl.əm ʃɪft/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The displacement or horizontal translation of data columns within a table, spreadsheet, or structured text file.
"A sudden column-shift during the CSV data import caused all the financial figures to align incorrectly." - 2
In cryptography and linguistics, a transposition cipher method where letters or data elements are rearranged by shifting entire columns.
"The cryptanalyst recognized the ciphertext as the result of a complex column-shift algorithm."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'column' (from Old French colonne, ultimately from Latin columna meaning a pillar or vertical arrangement) and 'shift' (from Old English sciftan meaning to divide, apportion, or move). Originally rooted in printing and tabular data alignment, the term evolved significantly with the advent of database management, spreadsheet software, and cryptographic cipher techniques.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Column-shift" is said worldwide
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décalage de colonne
Transliteration: dey-ka-lahzh duh ko-lown
"Un décalage de colonne a corrompu l'importation des données."
Spaltenverschiebung
Transliteration: spal-ten-fer-shee-bung
"Die Spaltenverschiebung führte zu Fehlern in der Tabelle."
spostamento di colonna
Transliteration: spo-sta-men-to di ko-lon-na
"Uno spostamento di colonna ha rovinato il foglio di calcolo."
desplazamiento de columna
Transliteration: des-pla-tha-mien-to de ko-lum-na
"El desplazamiento de columna arruinó la importación del archivo."
deslocamento de coluna
Transliteration: dez-lo-ka-men-to de ko-lu-na
"O deslocamento de coluna causou erros na planilha."
कॉलम विस्थापन
Transliteration: kallam visthapan
"कॉलम विस्थापन के कारण डेटाबेस में त्रुटि आ गई।"
列偏移
Transliteration: liè piānyí
"表格中的列偏移导致数据无法正确匹配。"
열 이동
Transliteration: yeol i-dong
"엑셀 파일의 열 이동으로 인해 데이터가 잘못 정렬되었습니다."
列シフト
Transliteration: retsu shifuto
"列シフトが発生したため、データが正しくインポートされませんでした。"
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