hexadecimal
Meanings
Noun
- A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.
- A number expressed in the hexadecimal system.
Adjective
- Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.
Related
Similar words
- (arithmetic, computing): base sixteen
- hex
- sexidecimal
- sexadecimal
- (arithmetic, computing): base-sixteen
Origin
- 1952. hexadeca- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information.
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