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    Hexadecimal is a base-16 numeral system that uses 16 distinct symbols to represent numbers. It uses the digits 0-9 to represent values of 0-9, and then uses letters A-F to represent values of 10-15. Hexadecimal is commonly used in computer programming because a single hexadecimal digit can represent 4 binary digits, making it more succinct than binary. It is particularly useful for representing numbers between 0-255, such as colors in HTML which are specified using two hexadecimal digits each for red, green, and blue components.

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    Hexadecimal is a base-16 numeral system that uses 16 distinct symbols to represent numbers. It uses the digits 0-9 to represent values of 0-9, and then uses letters A-F to represent values of 10-15. Hexadecimal is commonly used in computer programming because a single hexadecimal digit can represent 4 binary digits, making it more succinct than binary. It is particularly useful for representing numbers between 0-255, such as colors in HTML which are specified using two hexadecimal digits each for red, green, and blue components.

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    Hexadecimal is a base-16 numeral system that uses 16 distinct symbols to represent numbers. It uses the digits 0-9 to represent values of 0-9, and then uses letters A-F to represent values of 10-15. Hexadecimal is commonly used in computer programming because a single hexadecimal digit can represent 4 binary digits, making it more succinct than binary. It is particularly useful for representing numbers between 0-255, such as colors in HTML which are specified using two hexadecimal digits each for red, green, and blue components.

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    Hexadecimal is a base-16 numeral system that uses 16 distinct symbols to represent numbers. It uses the digits 0-9 to represent values of 0-9, and then uses letters A-F to represent values of 10-15. Hexadecimal is commonly used in computer programming because a single hexadecimal digit can represent 4 binary digits, making it more succinct than binary. It is particularly useful for representing numbers between 0-255, such as colors in HTML which are specified using two hexadecimal digits each for red, green, and blue components.

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    Hexidecimal

    Entry from “http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Hexadecimal.html”

    “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.

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