1.2.4 Hexadecimals

Question 1

What is hexadecimals?

Answer 1

Convenient way for programmers to express large binary numbers

Question 2

What base system is hexadecimals?

Answer 2

Base-16
(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F)

Question 3

What is the use of letters?

Answer 3

Prevents duplication of numbers

Question 4

Converting binary to hexadecimal

Answer 4

Via bitesize

Question 5

What are the uses of hexadecimals?

Answer 5

Colour codes for over 16 million colours are referenced using hexadecimal
A hexadecimal code is used to represent the MAC address, or physical address, of a computer component
Error messages are presents in a hexadecimal code that refers to the memory location of the operation system error