it's a transistor. you put in 2 inputs, and it generates an output. the output depends on the transistor.
AND
INPUT --------> OUTPUT
0, 0 --------------> 0
1, 0 --------------> 0
0, 1 --------------> 0
1, 1 --------------> 1
other transistors:
OR
INPUT --------> OUTPUT
0, 0 --------------> 0
1, 0 --------------> 1
0, 1 --------------> 1
1, 1 --------------> 1
NAND
INPUT --------> OUTPUT
0, 0 --------------> 1
1, 0 --------------> 1
0, 1 --------------> 1
1, 1 --------------> 0
NOR
INPUT --------> OUTPUT
0, 0 --------------> 1
1, 0 --------------> 0
0, 1 --------------> 0
1, 1 --------------> 0
XOR
INPUT --------> OUTPUT
0, 0 --------------> 0
1, 0 --------------> 1
0, 1 --------------> 1
1, 1 --------------> 0
XNOR
INPUT --------> OUTPUT
0, 0 --------------> 1
1, 0 --------------> 0
0, 1 --------------> 0
1, 1 --------------> 1