What is >> symbol in C++ ?

I really dont know what is >> symbol used for during " cout " operation? please some body tell me about this >> symbol?
This should get you started:

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/basic_io/

The extraction operator >> is used for input, e.g. cin
and the insertion operator << for output, e.g. cout
>> and << also use in bit shifting
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