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What is the use of Hexadecimal number system in computers?
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The use of the hexadecimal number system in computers includes the following:
- The Hexadecimal number system is used in computers to specify memory addresses (which are 16-bit or 32-bit long). For example, a memory address
1101011010101111
is a big binary address but with hex it isD6AF
which is easier to remember. - The Hexadecimal number system is used to represent color codes. For example,
FFFFFF
represents White,FF0000
represents Red, etc.
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