Decimal vs. Hexadecimal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Decimal and Hexadecimal
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Decimal
The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system, and occasionally called denary or decanary) is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers. It is the extension to non-integer numbers of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system.
Hexadecimal
In mathematics and computing, the hexadecimal (also base 16 or hex) numeral system is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of 16. Unlike the decimal system representing numbers using 10 symbols, hexadecimal uses 16 distinct symbols, most often the symbols "0"–"9" to represent values 0 to 9, and "A"–"F" (or alternatively "a"–"f") to represent values from 10 to 15.
Decimal
A linear array of digits that contains a single period, called the decimal point, is possibly preceded by a minus sign (-), and represents a real number, with each successive digit to the right of the decimal point indicating a multiple of the next negative power of 10, and each successive digit to the left of the decimal point indicating a multiple of the next non-negative power of ten, beginning with 100 = 1. For example, 245.3 represents the real number (2 × 102) + (4 × 101) + (5 × 100) + (3 × 10-1) = 200 + 40 + 5 + 3/10 , and -1.04 represents the real number (-1 × 100) + (-4 × 10-2). Also called mixed decimal.
Hexadecimal
Of, relating to, or based on the number 16
The hexadecimal number system.
Decimal
Such an array of digits in which there are no nonzero digits to the left of the decimal point, representing a real number between -1 and 1. Also called decimal fraction.
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Hexadecimal
Of or relating to sixteenths.
Decimal
A number written using the base 10.
Hexadecimal
A number system having 16 as its base.
Decimal
Expressed or expressible as a decimal.
Hexadecimal
A sixteenth.
Decimal
Based on 10.
Hexadecimal
A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.
Decimal
Numbered or ordered by groups of 10.
Hexadecimal
A number expressed in the hexadecimal system.
Decimal
(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.
Hexadecimal
Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.
Decimal
The decimal system itself.
Hexadecimal
Of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
Decimal
(informal) A decimal place.
Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals.
Decimal
(informal) A decimal point.
Decimal
Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.
Decimal
To represent with numbers after a decimal point.
Decimal
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.
Decimal
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
Decimal
A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
Decimal
A number in the decimal system
Decimal
Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten;
The decimal system
Decimal
Divided by tens or hundreds;
A decimal fraction
Decimal coinage
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