What does this "AND" do?

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Interama
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Sorry for the newbie-stupid post, but I'm used to C-like languages (C# and C++) and I'm having a hard time to understand certain aspects of the BASIC language., lol. What does this AND keyword do on the following line?

rgbc=ReadPixel(x,y,ib) And $00ffffff

Thanks,