BIT-WISE ---------------------- 1. To find a number: 11000101 is 2^0+2^2+2^6+2^7 = 197 2. Left shifting: 0010 1011 << 4 ---> 1011 000 3. Right shifting: 0010 1011 >> 4 ---> 0000 0010 or it can be filled with the copy of the first bit, instead of 0: 1011 0010 >> 4 ---> 1111 1011 4. XOR can cancels out: 15 ^ 12 ^ 15 = 12 5. 2^x: left-shift 1 by x: 0000 0001 << x so if x = 2, 2^2 = 4 -> 100 0000 0001 << 2 ---> 0000 0100 6. Is power of 2? just do x&(x-1). if 0 --> yes!