Using Hexadecimal i.e. base sixteen we can represent binary i.e base two information in a more human readable form. It is more easy to convert binary to hexadecimal. Hexadecimal is made use of in programming and computer system designing. Many programming laguages make use of hexadecimal constants. It is important to learn hexadecimal to understand the inner working of the computer. Hexadecimal directly correlate to binary numbers which represent integers in some computer machines. As these binaries are not easy to interpret and remember so hexadecimals are used as a mnemonic in such scenarios. The advantages of hexadecimal numbers are -
| Denary | Binary | Hexadecimal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0000 | 0 |
| 1 | 0001 | 1 |
| 2 | 0010 | 2 |
| 3 | 0011 | 3 |
| 4 | 0100 | 4 |
| 5 | 0101 | 5 |
| 6 | 0110 | 6 |
| 7 | 0111 | 7 |
| 8 | 1000 | 8 |
| 9 | 1001 | 9 |
| 10 | 1010 | A |
| 11 | 1011 | B |
| 12 | 1100 | C |
| 13 | 1101 | D |
| 14 | 1110 | E |
| 15 | 1111 | F |