1. Operating on or affecting individual bits in a binary representation, especially in computing operations.
Usage: technical; computing

1. In a manner that operates on individual bits; by performing operations on each bit separately.
Usage: technical; computing

Examples

• The bitwise AND operation compares two binary numbers bit by bit.
• Programmers use bitwise operators to manipulate individual bits in data.
• A bitwise shift moves all bits in a number left or right by a specified number of positions.
• The bitwise NOT operation inverts all the bits in a binary value.
• Bitwise operations are often faster than arithmetic operations on modern processors.
• The algorithm uses bitwise XOR to detect differences between two numbers.
• Understanding bitwise logic is essential for low-level programming and optimization.