title: What does the ">>" symbol mean in Java?
body: <p>I see a line in some code I'm looking at and it says (12 >> 1) - 1). I print that value out and it comes out as a 5. If I change the 12 to 5, it comes out as a 1.</p>
  
  <p>What is the ">>" symbol doing exactly?</p>