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(nasm.info)Section 3.5.4

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3.5.4. `<<' and `>>': Bit Shift Operators
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   `<<' gives a bit-shift to the left, just as it does in C. So `5<<3'
evaluates to 5 times 8, or 40. `>>' gives a bit-shift to the right; in
NASM, such a shift is _always_ unsigned, so that the bits shifted in
from the left-hand end are filled with zero rather than a
sign-extension of the previous highest bit.