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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or based on the number 16.
- adjective Of or relating to sixteenths.
- noun A number system having 16 as its base.
- noun A sixteenth.
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- noun arithmetic, computing A
number system withbase 16, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, useful in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent fourbits , half a standardbyte . Informal short form used in computing: hex - adjective Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.
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- adjective of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
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Examples
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Then I had to figure out how to decode the data, since it came across in hexadecimal form.
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This command allows arbitrary memory of the device to be dumped in hexadecimal format to the terminal. address—The memory location to be dumped, specified as a hexadecimal address.
show os 2001
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But access points that use WEP and are not made by Apple only deal in hexadecimal.
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Eric Meyer had a better idea for personalized license plates - your plate would the color of your car, as expressed in hexadecimal.
Quick Movie Reviews 2004
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Because 256 pennies is one hexadecimal dollar, which is sort of
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Sounds like something similar as to what happened with those $23 quadrillion Visa errors where binary zeroes became hexadecimal spaces instead.
Man Buys $3 Billion CD-ROM On Amazon Just To See What Would Happen - The Consumerist 2010
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Sounds like something similar as to what happened with those $23 quadrillion Visa errors where binary zeroes became hexadecimal spaces instead.
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This is mostly a nitpick, but MAC addresses are 6 bytes, and it happens to take 12 hexadecimal digits to represent those 6 bytes.
Change Your MAC Address in Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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The key in question is a lengthy string of hexadecimal text that underlies a copy-prevention regime called "High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection," used in Blu-ray movies and other forms of high-definition content.
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The key in question is a lengthy string of hexadecimal text that underlies a copy-prevention regime called "High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection," used in Blu-ray movies and other forms of high-definition content.
Faster Forward: Blu-ray's HDCP security possibly cracked. So what? 2010
oroboros commented on the word hexadecimal
When you count in hexadecimal, it goes like this: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F,10,11...
Neat huh?
Big deal with computer geeks.
February 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hexadecimal
Gotta love alternative numeral systems. Binary is cool too. As a web designer, I use hex notation often to name colors, listed in RGB order (Red, Green, Blue). First two digits are red, second two are green, and third two are blue. Over 16 million possibilities -- every discernable color of the rainbow can be reached this way.
#FF0000 is pure red.
#00FF00 is pure green.
#0000FF is pure blue.
#FFFF00 is pure yellow.
#FF00FF is pure purple.
#00FFFF is pure teal.
#000000 is solid black.
#FFFFFF is solid white.
It's really a nice system because if you need to fine-tune a particular color it's easy to say "it needs more blue" and just increment that value. No need for a traditional color picker interface.
February 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word hexadecimal
Also fun this way: the decimal number 912559 converted to hexadecimal format is "dECAF" and 64206 = FACE, 65261 = FEEd, 48879 = bEEF, 16435934 = FACAdE, 181202413 = ACCEdEd, 251636973 = EFFACEd, etc. Ah, numbers are such fun. Maybe someone should start a "numbrie" site!?
February 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hexadecimal
AHA! So *that's* how I can change color values on Yahoo pages! ;-)
First I learn the alternative definition for scumbag, then I learn about alternative numeral systems...such an enlightening day for me on Wordie!
February 22, 2007
qroqqa commented on the word hexadecimal
Coined in 1954 from mixed Greek and Latin elements. The pure Latin form would be 'sedecimal'.
September 4, 2008
seanahan commented on the word hexadecimal
It is almost always referred to as hex by computer scientists.
September 6, 2008