What is "&" called in C language?

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In C, "&" is called the "address-of" operator. It's used to obtain the memory address of a variable.
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It's a bitwise and operator . It's sometime used with a variable eg: &a (it denote address of variable a
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The Address Operator in C is a special unary operator that returns the address of a variable. It is denoted as the Ampersand Symbol ( & ).
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pronounced as ampersand. Used as address of operator or bitwise and
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