Shifter may refer to:

Technology

Gear stick A gear stick (rarely spelled ''gearstick''), gear lever (both UK English), gearshift or shifter (both U.S. English), more formally known as a transmission lever, is a metal lever attached to the transmission of an automobile. The term ''gear s ...

, known in US English as "shifter", the lever of a manual or automatic automobile or truck transmission *

Shifter (bicycle part) A bicycle shifter or gear control or gear levers is a component used to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio. Typically, they operate either a derailleur mechanism or an internal hub gear mechanism. In either case, ...

, or gear lever, a bicycle part that selects which gear the chain rests on *

Shifter (tool) An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries) or adjustable wrench (US and Canada) is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head (nut, bolt, ...

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adjustable wrench An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries) or adjustable wrench (US and Canada) is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head ( nut, bolt ...

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switcher locomotive A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances. Switchers do not usually move ...

in the terminology of the Pennsylvania Railroad *

Barrel shifter A barrel shifter is a digital circuit that can shift a data word by a specified number of bits without the use of any sequential logic, only pure combinational logic, i.e. it inherently provides a binary operation. It can however in theory als ...

, part of a computer processor that performs bit shifts

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shapeshifting In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shape-shifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through an inherently superhuman ability, divine intervention, demonic manipulation, sorcery, spells or having inherited the ...

character in science fiction, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games * Shifter (''Justice League Unlimited''), a former superhero featured in the animated television series * Shifter (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a prestige class in the role-playing game * Shifter (Eberron), a race in the Eberron campaign setting of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game *

Jenny Everywhere Jenny Everywhere, also known as "The Shifter", is an open-source, freely licensed character, created by Canadian comic book artist Steven Wintle. The character was co-developed by members of the Barbelith online community. Jenny Everywhere was ...

, aka The Shifter, open source webcomic character *

Shiphtur Danny Le, better known as Shiphtur (pronounced "''shifter''"), is a Canadian retired ''League of Legends'' player who played support for Delta Fox of the NA Challenger Series. Shiphtur was the first esports player to be granted a P-1 athletic ...

, pseudonym of Danny Le, Canadian ''League of Legends'' player

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