Hexidecimal

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“Hexidecimal” is the base 16 notational system for representing real numbers.

The digits used to represent numbers using hexadecimal notation are 0, 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, and F. The following table gives the hexadecimal
equivalents for decimal numbers from 1 to 30.

Decimal Hex Decimal Hex Decimal Hex

1 1 11 B 21 15

2 2 12 C 22 16

3 3 13 D 23 17

4 4 14 E 24 18

5 5 15 F 25 19

6 6 16 10 26 1A

7 7 17 11 27 1B

8 8 18 12 28 1C

9 9 19 13 29 1D

10 A 20 14 30 1E

The hexadecimal system is particularly important in computer programming,

since four bits (each consisting of a one or zero) can be succinctly expressed
using a single hexadecimal digit. Two hexadecimal digits represent numbers
from 0 to 255, a common range used, for example, to specify colors. Thus, in the
HTML language of the web, colors are specified using three pairs of hexadecimal
digits RRGGBB, where RR is the amount of red, GG the amount of green, and BB
the amount of blue.