Please explain the code below

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Please explain the code below

Anybody please help me to decipher this code. I mean what is this code checking and returning.

Code:

int isPower2 (int myInt) { 
    return !(myInt>>31) & !!myInt & !(myInt & (myInt+(~1+1))); 
}

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