title: How can I do a bitwise-AND operation in VB.NET?
body: <p>I want to perform a bitwise-AND operation in VB.NET, taking a Short (16-bit) variable and ANDing it with '0000000011111111' (thereby retaining only the least-significant byte / 8 least-significant bits).</p>
  
  <p>How can I do it?</p>