# Hoist

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**Hoist** may refer to:

- [Hoist (device)](/source/Hoist_(device)), a machine for lifting loads
- [Hoist controller](/source/Hoist_controller), a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable
- [Hydraulic hooklift hoist](/source/Hydraulic_hooklift_hoist), another machine
- [Hoist (mining)](/source/Hoist_(mining)), another machine
- [Hoist (flag)](/source/Hoist_(flag)), the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole
- [*Hoist* (album)](/source/Hoist_(album)), by Phish
- [USS Hoist (ARS-40)](/source/USS_Hoist_(ARS-40)), a Bolster class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II
- [Hoist (motion)](/source/Hoist_(motion)), a parliamentary procedure used in Canadian legislative bodies
- [Patient lift](/source/Patient_lift), for lifting people
- [Outliner](/source/Outliner), filter for viewing

## Computing

In computing, **hoisting** may refer to:

- [Loop-invariant code motion](/source/Loop-invariant_code_motion), a compiler optimization
- [Variable hoisting](/source/Variable_hoisting), scope rule in JavaScript

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