Binary systems and Hexadecimals (Theory)

Uses of the hexadecimal system:

 It is often used when developing a new program.
 To find errors in a program.
 It is used in HTML.
 It is used as a security feature in web pages.
Hyper-text markup language (HTML):
 It is a markup language.
 It is used to develop web pages.
 It is used to present text in a number of different ways, such as representing
colors of text.
Media Access Control (MAC) Address:
 It refers to a number which uniquely identifies a device on the internet.
 It refers to the Network Interface Card (NIC).
 It is rarely changed so that the device can be found easily on the internet no
matter where it is.
 It is mostly made up of 48 bits which are shown as 6 groups of hexadecimal digits
(NN-NN-NN- DD-DD-DD).
 The first half shows the identity number (NN-NN-NN).
 The second half shows the serial number (DD-DD-DD).
 It is of 2 types:
 Universally Administered MAC Address
 Locally Administered MAC Address
Web addresses:
 They are written in the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Interchange) code.