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Answer
With && the second operand is not evaluated at all if the first is false, and with || it is not evaluated if the first is true. It is used to guard against errors, as in "if (n != 0 && total / n > 5)", where the division is never attempted when n is zero.
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Explanation
The single-character & and | do not short-circuit.
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