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2.2.4 Bit Manipulation
Not only must the data be sent, but accompnying information allowing the computers to interpret the context of the data.
Communications software must be able to pick out arbitrary bits from an opaque bit sequence and interpret their meaning.
We do this using bitwise operations -
and, or, exclusive or, negation
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Ian Wakeman 2005-02-22