Hoist
# 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
* 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
