hexadecimal

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See also hexadécimal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/, X-SAMPA: /%hEks@"dEsIm@l/

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Etymology

hexadeca- +‎ decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information.

Noun

hexadecimal (uncountable)

1. (arithmetic, computing) A number system with base 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 four bits, half a standard byte. Informal short form used in computing: hex

Synonyms

• (arithmetic, computing): base 16
• sexidecimal (pure Latin)
• sexadecimal

Derived terms

• hexit

Translations

number system with base 16

• Czech: hexadecimální soustava (cs) f, šestnáctková soustava (cs) f
• Danish: hexadecimale talsystem (da) n, sekstentalssystem (da) n
• Dutch: heksadecimale talstelsel (nl) n
• Finnish: heksadesimaalijärjestelmä (system); heksadesimaaliluku (number)
• French: hexadécimal (fr) m
• German: Hexadezimalsystem n, Sedezimalsystem n
• Greek: δεκαεξαδικό (el) (dekaexadikó) n
• Hebrew: בסיס הקסדצימלי (he) (basís hexadetsimáli) m

• Italian: sistema numerico esadecimale (it) m
• Japanese: 16進数 (じゅうろくしんすう, jūrokushinsū)
• Norwegian: sekstentallsystem (no)
• Portuguese: sistema hexadecimal m
• Russian: шестнадцатеричная система (šestnadcat'eríčnaja sist'éma) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хексадецимални систем m

  Roman: heksadecimalni sistem (sh) m

Adjective

hexadecimal (not comparable)

1. Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.

Synonyms

• (arithmetic, computing): base-16

Translations

expressed in hexadecimal

• Czech: šestnáctkový (cs), hexadecimální (cs)
• Danish: hexadecimal (da)
• Dutch: hexadecimaal, hexadecimale
• Esperanto: deksesuma
• Finnish: heksadesimaalinen (fi)
• French: hexadécimal (fr)
• German: hexadezimal (de)

• Greek: δεκαεξαδικός (el) (dekaexadikós) m
• Hebrew: הקסדצימלי (he) (hexadetsimáli) m, הקסדצימלית (he) (hexadetsimálit) f
• Russian: шестнадцатеричный (šestnadcat'eríčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хексадецималан m

  Roman: heksadecimalan (sh) m

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• Mandarin: 十六进制 (cmn)

See also

• base
• binary
• decimal
• octal