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Hexadecimal (Base 16) Notation

A hexadecimal number has the general form:

displaymath320

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displaymath321

where tex2html_wrap_inline324 is a digit 0-9 or a letter A-F.

Example:

tabular84

Conversion between binary and hexadecimal is easy because tex2html_wrap_inline342 One hex digit corresponds to four bits. Two hex digits equal a byte.

Example:

tex2html_wrap_inline344



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