Q.Briefly explain bitwise operator.

Bitwise operators act on the individual bits of integer operands rather than on the whole value. …

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Bitwise operators (&, |, ^, ~, <<, >>) manipulate the binary bits of integer data directly.

Bitwise operators work on data at the bit level - the operands are first taken in their binary form and the operation is carried out on each corresponding pair of bits. C provides:

1. & (bitwise AND) - result bit is 1 only if both bits are 1.
2. | (bitwise OR) - result bit is 1 if at least one bit is 1.
3. ^ (bitwise exclusive-OR) - result bit is 1 only if the two bits differ.
4. ~ (one's complement) - unary operator that inverts every bit.
5. << (left shift) - shifts the bits left, filling zeros on the right. …