noun
- Plural of hexadecimal; numbers or values expressed in base-16 notation, using digits 0–9 and letters A–F.
Usage: technical; computing
Examples
- Programmers often use hexadecimals to represent memory addresses in a compact form.
- The color code #FF5733 is written in hexadecimals, where FF represents red, 57 represents green, and 33 represents blue.
- Converting between decimals and hexadecimals is a fundamental skill in computer science.
- The hexadecimals A, B, C, D, E, and F correspond to the decimal values 10 through 15.
- In debugging, developers frequently encounter hexadecimals when examining system logs and error codes.