0b0100010100000010

0b0100010100000010 is a binary literal that represents a 16‑bit integer value. The prefix “0b” denotes a binary number in many programming languages such as C, C++, Java, and Python. The binary sequence consists of two groups of eight bits: 01000101 and 00000010.

Interpreted as hexadecimal, the value is 0x4502. In decimal the binary literal equals 17 666. In the ASCII character set the byte 01000101 is the capital letter “E” (decimal 69), while 00000010 is the control code Start of Text (STX). The 16‑bit value can also be viewed as a Unicode code point U+4502, which corresponds to the CJK Unified Ideograph 甂.

In computer engineering the 16‑bit pattern 0x4502 may appear in machine code. For example, in the 6502 processor the opcode 0x45 is “EOR Zero Page”, and the following byte 0x02 would be the operand, producing the instruction “EOR $02”. Similar patterns occur in other 8‑bit and 16‑bit microprocessors where opcodes and operands are packed into contiguous binary words.

Because the literal is explicitly binary, it is useful for illustrating bit‑level operations, teaching binary arithmetic, or specifying bit masks in low‑level programming tasks. The notation also clarifies endianness when the binary is written directly, as the most significant bits come first.