Hexadecimal

[Oralee]

Hexadecimal is a base-16 number system. It is a different method of representing numbers than the base-10 system we use in every day practice. In base-10, we count in multiples of 10 before adding another digit. For example, 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12... and 98 - 99 - 100 - 101 - 102... Notice how a new digit is added when the number 10 is reached, and another digit is added to represent 100 (10x10). In base-16, or the hexadecimal number system, each digit can have sixteen values instead of ten. The values of a hexadecimal digit can be:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F
Therefore, the number 12 (in the common base-10 format) would be represented as C in hexadecimal notation. The number 24 would be 18 (16 8). 100 is 64 in hexadecimal (16x6 4) and 1000 is 3E8 (256x3 16x14 8).
While computers process numbers using the base-2, or binary system, it is often more efficient to visually represent the numbers in hexadecimal format. This is because it only takes one hexadecimal digit to represent four binary digits. Since there are eight binary digits in a byte, only two hexadecimal digits are needed to represent one byte.

[Justin Bieber]

A virus on the show [Reboot]. She was created on the very first episode, is completely insane, and is in love with Bob, one of the main characters. She dies in the fourth season by saving the Web and all its systems when she stablizes it after the massive infection of [the virus] [Daemon].

[Jessica]

The format for a number written in base-16 instead of base-10 (decimal). Commonly used in computing or electronic fields, since each [digit in] a hexadecimal number is trivially converted (by humans or machines) into 4 bits with a table. A number in base-10 is more difficult to convert into binary, requiring repeated division by 2.

When writing a hexadecimal number, for digits greater than 9 convention dictates use of the first 6 letters of the alphabet. So the digits are:

0 [1 2 3 4] 5 6 7 8 9 [A B C D] E F

[Kit]

if only you and [dead people] can read [hex], how many people can read hex? Dont assume its all [ascii].

[Merna]

Relating to or using a system of numerical notation that has 16 rather than 10 as its base.