What does the | do

Question

I saw a Question in the challenges that says
print(5|3)
The answer was 7
So i tried to change the numbers to get to know what the | is doing to the number so
print(86|100)
The answer was 118
And now am lost

Answer 1

It's a bitwise 'or' operator
Hope this helps...
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Answer 2

Jayakrishna🇮🇳 thank you!