Hoist

Hoist may refer to:

• Hoist (device), a machine for lifting loads
• Hoist controller, a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable
• Hydraulic hooklift hoist, another machine
• Hoist (mining), another machine
• Hoist (flag), the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole
• Hoist (album), by Phish
• Hoist (Transformers), a toy and fictional character
• USS Hoist (ARS-40), 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, for lifting people
• Outliner, filter for viewing

Computing

In computing, hoisting may refer to:

• Loop-invariant code motion, a compiler optimization
• Variable hoisting, scope rule in JavaScript

See also

• All pages beginning with Hoist
• All pages with a title containing Hoist