This circuit is a flip-flop or latch, which stores one bit of memory. When you click the set input, it goes low, and this brings the Q output high, even after the set input goes high again. When you click the reset input, it goes low, and this brings the Q output low. If set and reset are high, then the output stays the same as when it was last set or reset.

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