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| + | Hexadecimal is the [[base numbers|base system]] using base sixteen. Typically, the sixteen symbols for hexadecimal are represented as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F in order; sometimes, the letters A, B, C, D, E, and/or F are all lowercase instead of all uppercase. As with other base systems, numbers can be efficiently added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in hexadecimal. | ||
| + | ==Applications== | ||
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| + | Hexadecimal is most commonly used in [[computer science]], as it is a human-friendly way to represent numbers (or more general forms of data) that have been stored in [[binary]]. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Base numbers]] | ||
| + | *[[Computer science]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Computer science]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:58, 7 May 2020
Hexadecimal is the base system using base sixteen. Typically, the sixteen symbols for hexadecimal are represented as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F in order; sometimes, the letters A, B, C, D, E, and/or F are all lowercase instead of all uppercase. As with other base systems, numbers can be efficiently added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in hexadecimal.
Applications
Hexadecimal is most commonly used in computer science, as it is a human-friendly way to represent numbers (or more general forms of data) that have been stored in binary.
See also
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