Operator Precedence

Definitions

1. The set of rules that determines the order in which operators are evaluated in an expression when parentheses are absent — for example, `*` binds tighter than `+`, so `2 + 3 * 4` evaluates as `2 + (3 * 4)` rather than `(2 + 3) * 4`.

   In plain English: The built-in rules that decide which math or logic operations happen first when you don't use parentheses.

   Example: "The bug was an operator precedence issue — the bitwise AND bound tighter than the equality check, so the condition was always true."

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