bitwise operators

AND

alternating AND empty

	01010101	0x55
&	00000000	0x0

	00000000	0x0

AND

AND

"turns off all bits"

alternating AND full

	01010101	0x55
&	11111111	0xff

	01010101	0x55

AND

AND

"no change"

alternating AND a given vector

	01010101	0x55
&	00110000	0x30

	00010000	0x10

AND

AND

"tests the selected bits"

alternating AND an inverted given vector

	01010101	0x55
&	11001111	0xcf

	01000101	0x45

AND

AND

"turns off the not selected bits"

alternating AND self

	01010101	0x55
&	01010101	0x55

	01010101	0x55

AND

AND

"no change"

full AND empty

	11111111	0xff
&	00000000	0x0

	00000000	0x0

AND

AND

"turns off all bits"

full AND full

	11111111	0xff
&	11111111	0xff

	11111111	0xff

AND

AND

"no change"

empty AND empty

	00000000	0x0
&	00000000	0x0

	00000000	0x0

AND

AND

"no change"

empty AND full

	00000000	0x0
&	11111111	0xff

	00000000	0x0

AND

AND

"no change"

OR

alternating OR empty

	01010101	0x55
\|	00000000	0x0

	01010101	0x55

OR

OR

"no change"

alternating OR full

	01010101	0x55
\|	11111111	0xff

	11111111	0xff

OR

OR

"turns on all bits"

alternating OR a given vector

	01010101	0x55
\|	00110000	0x30

	01110101	0x75

OR

OR

"turns on the selected bits"

alternating OR an inverted given vector

	01010101	0x55
\|	11001111	0xcf

	11011111	0xdf

OR

OR

"turns on the selected bits"

alternating OR self

	01010101	0x55
\|	01010101	0x55

	01010101	0x55

OR

OR

"no change"

full OR empty

	11111111	0xff
\|	00000000	0x0

	11111111	0xff

OR

OR

"no change"

full OR full

	11111111	0xff
\|	11111111	0xff

	11111111	0xff

OR

OR

"no change"

empty OR empty

	00000000	0x0
\|	00000000	0x0

	00000000	0x0

OR

OR

"no change"

empty OR full

	00000000	0x0
\|	11111111	0xff

	11111111	0xff

OR

OR

"turns on all bits"

XOR

alternating XOR empty

	01010101	0x55
^	00000000	0x0

	01010101	0x55

XOR

XOR

"no change"

alternating XOR full

	01010101	0x55
^	11111111	0xff

	10101010	0xaa

XOR

XOR

"inverts"

alternating XOR a given vector

	01010101	0x55
^	00110000	0x30

	01100101	0x65

XOR

XOR

"toggles selected bits"

alternating XOR an inverted given vector

	01010101	0x55
^	11001111	0xcf

	10011010	0x9a

XOR

XOR

"toggles selected bits"

alternating XOR self

	01010101	0x55
^	01010101	0x55

	00000000	0x0

XOR

XOR

"turns off all bits"

full XOR empty

	11111111	0xff
^	00000000	0x0

	11111111	0xff

XOR

XOR

"no change"

full XOR full

	11111111	0xff
^	11111111	0xff

	00000000	0x0

XOR

XOR

"turns off all bits"

empty XOR empty

	00000000	0x0
^	00000000	0x0

	00000000	0x0

XOR

XOR

"no change"

empty XOR full

	00000000	0x0
^	11111111	0xff

	11111111	0xff

XOR

XOR

"turns on all bits"

NOT

NOT alternating

~	01010101	0x55


	10101010	0xaa

NOT

NOT

"inverts"

NOT empty

~	00000000	0x0


	11111111	0xff

NOT

NOT

"turns on all bits"

NOT full

~	11111111	0xff


	00000000	0x0

NOT

NOT

"turns off all bits"

SHL

SHL 1 alternating

<<	01010101	0x55


	10101010	0xaa

SHL

SHL

"shifts to the left"

SHL 1 empty

<<	00000000	0x0


	00000000	0x0

SHL

SHL

"no change"

SHL 1 full

<<	11111111	0xff


	11111110	0xfe

SHL

SHL

"shifts to the left"

SHR

SHR 1 alternating

>>	01010101	0x55


	00101010	0x2a

SHR

SHR

"shifts to the right"

SHR 1 empty

>>	00000000	0x0


	00000000	0x0

SHR

SHR

"no change"

SHR 1 full

>>	11111111	0xff


	01111111	0x7f

SHR

SHR

"shifts to the right"