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Hexademical ("hex") is a base-16 numbering system.  Each "digit" has 16 possible values, from 0 through 15.  10-15 are represented by the letters A-F.
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'''Hexadecimal''', or hex is a base-16 numbering system written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F (or a–f).  Each symbol has 16 possible values, from 0 through 15.  
  
 
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  256 [[decimal]] = 100 hex
 
  256 [[decimal]] = 100 hex
 
  380 [[decimal]] = 17C hex
 
  380 [[decimal]] = 17C hex
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== Hex, decimal, binary ==
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{| Border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"
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! Hex !! Bin !! Dec
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|-
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| 0 || 0000 ||  0
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|-
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| 1 || 0001 ||  1
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|-
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| 2 || 0010 ||  2
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|-
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| 3 || 0011 ||  3
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|-
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| 4 || 0100 ||  4
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|-
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| 5 || 0101 ||  5
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|-
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| 6 || 0110 ||  6
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|-
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| 7 || 0111 ||  7
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|-
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| 8 || 1000 ||  8
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|-
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| 9 || 1001 ||  9
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|-
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| A || 1010 || 10
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|-
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| B || 1011 || 11
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|-
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| C || 1100 || 12
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|-
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| D || 1101 || 13
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|-
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| E || 1110 || 14
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|-
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| F || 1111 || 15
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|}
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== References==
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*[[WikiPedia:Hexadecimal]]
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Latest revision as of 23:32, 21 January 2016

Hexadecimal, or hex is a base-16 numbering system written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F (or a–f). Each symbol has 16 possible values, from 0 through 15.

For example:

 16 decimal =  10 hex
256 decimal = 100 hex
380 decimal = 17C hex

Hex, decimal, binary

Hex Bin Dec
0 0000 0
1 0001 1
2 0010 2
3 0011 3
4 0100 4
5 0101 5
6 0110 6
7 0111 7
8 1000 8
9 1001 9
A 1010 10
B 1011 11
C 1100 12
D 1101 13
E 1110 14
F 1111 15

References