What does this line of code mean?

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Hi, I am wondering what this line of code mean?

b = (gen_rand_uniform()>0.5)?1:0;

The gren_rand_uniform() is a function to generate random 0 and 1 numbers. However I don't get the meaning for >0.5 and 1:0.

I know this is supposed to be a basic question, please bear with me.

Thanks!

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