hexadecimal
A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A,…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.
» F in hexadecimal is equal to 15.
F в шестнадцатеричной системе — это 15. — ae5s
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2 senses(uncountable)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.
Hexadezimalsystem, Sedezimalsystem
шестнадцатери́чная систе́маšestnadcateríčnaja sistéma
(countable)A number expressed in the hexadecimal system.
Examples
1 sentencesF in hexadecimal is equal to 15.
ruF в шестнадцатеричной системе — это 15. — ae5s
Translations
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Origin
1952, from hexa- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. Piecewise doub1952, from hexa- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. Piecewise doublet of sexadecimal.
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Forms
plural: hexadecimals| Singular | hexadecimal |
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Synonyms
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4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable