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Learn about some real-world applications and examples of bitwise operators and binary expressions in JavaSE, such as encryption, compression, hashing, bit masking, and optimization.

After introducing each operator type, I’ll present an example that shows you how it’s used in Java expressions. Additive operators The additive operators increase or decrease a numeric value ...

Bitwise operators vs. other operators. Most operators work with either single or multiple bytes, which in most systems contain eight bits. Examples of such operators include +, - and *. By contrast, ...