title: Hoist
text: # 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
  