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Simplifies notation of bit patterns.
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Much better alternative, compared to binary number notation.
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Simplifies notation of long binary strings, such as entire blocks of computer memory.
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Hexadecimal notation is used mainly for human convinience.
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Hexadecimal notation represents numbers
of base 16, calculated as
where h3, h2, h1, and h0 are values from the Hexadecimal column of the table.
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Decimal
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Hexadecimal
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Octal
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Binary
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
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000
001
002
003
004
005
006
007
010
011
012
013
014
015
016
017
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0000
0001
0010
0011
0100
0101
0110
0111
1000
1001
1010
1011
1100
1101
1110
1111
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