hexadecimal

English dictionary entry

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.

adj

/ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/ En-us-hexadecimal.ogg

hexadecimal hexadecimals

1952, from hexa- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. Piecewise doublet of sexadecimal.

base sixteen hex sedecimal sexadecimal base-sixteen

base binary decimal octal 0x

hexadecimally hexadecimal time hexit nonhexadecimal

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