While the binary system came into use because it works directly with the on/off state of electronics, the octal and hexadecimal systems provide easy conversions so that we humans don’t have to ...

You will see Hex (Hexadecimal), Dec (Decimal), Oct (Octal) and Bin (Binary) radio buttons. These are used for converting numbers between these numbering systems. Ensure that Dec (Decimal) radio ...

Log out of Google and search for [binary], [octal] and [hexadecimal] and you will see a little geeky easter egg. The easter egg shows the value of the results in that number systems.

In hex, numbers between zero and nine are represented as they are in decimal, with number ten using the letter A, then 11 as B and so on up to F, which is 15. The 12 is therefore C in hexadecimal.

In this article, I'm covering something that's a little abstruse: converting numeric bases within shell scripts. There are really four commonly used numeric bases to consider: binary, octal, decimal ...

The octal number 10 represents the number 8 in decimal. The octal 100 represents 8 × 8, or 64. 1000 is 8 × 8 × 8, or 512. One dollar in base ten would convert over to $1.44 in base eight, and ...

Let's take the example further, and convert each hexadecimal digit to its decimal equivalent and then add them: (16 2 x 1) + (16 0 x 15) + (16 0 x 4) = (256 + 240 + 4) = 500. Hex and binary in action.

Create a table with headings Binary and Hex, or use an existing one. Under the hex heading type =BIN2HEX(A2,5).. A2 is the Binary number you want to convert.

Google has entertained search geeks often over the winter with Easter eggs including the Barrel Roll and Let It Snow.. Google isn’t the only search engine that plays around with results for user ...