The hexadecimal system (Hex) is a language to write binary in an abbreviated form. It uses the number 16 as its base.

Since the hexadecimal system is a base-16 numeral system, it works with 16 symbols. The symbols are

1. The 10 decimal digits (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and,

2. The first six letters of the English alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F).

The letters are necessary to represent the values 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 each in one single symbol.

Hex is a more friendly way to represent binary numbers in mathematics and information technologies. Each hex digit represents four binary digits, and four binary digits (also called nibbles) make up half a byte.

One byte can carry binary values from 0000 0000 to 1111 1111. In hex, these can be characterized friendlier with digits ranging from 00 to FF.

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