| hexadecimal
While the more common decimal system
uses a base of ten to represent all possible numbers, hexadecimal notation
uses a base of sixteen: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, A, B, C, D, E, F.
While such a system may seem confusing at first, it works extremely well
in computing environments. For example, a single byte of information can
be represented as eight bits (10011101), decimal numerals (913), or
simplified to hex (9D). In hex, every byte can be shown as two hexadecimal
characters. |