This was going to be a question, but then I figured it out, but I thought that someone else might benefit, hence this post.

The operators <<, >>, and >>> shifts the bits in primitive datatypes.

The number following the operator specifies the number of places to shift.

EG:
Code:
int num = 2; // 0000 0010
num = num << 2; // 0000 1000 == 8
The >> shifts the bits right, EXCEPT for the sign bit, the >>> operator shifts the signbit also.