0b10010100000010

0b10010100000010 is a binary literal, a notation used in many programming languages to express a number in base-2. The digits that follow the 0b prefix are a sequence of 0s and 1s, read from most significant bit to least significant bit.

As a value, this binary literal equals decimal 9474 and hexadecimal 0x2502. The 14-bit pattern has ones at bit positions 13, 10, 8, and 1 (counting from zero on the right). This makes the overall value 2^13 + 2^10 + 2^8 + 2^1 = 8192 + 1024 + 256 + 2 = 9474.

In programming contexts, binary literals like 0b10010100000010 are commonly used for bitwise operations, bit masks, and flag settings. They allow precise control over individual bits, which is important in low-level programming, hardware interfaces, performance-critical code, and cases where compact, human-readable representations of binary data are useful.

If the value is interpreted as a 16-bit quantity by padding with leading zeros, it corresponds to the hexadecimal value 0x2502. This, in turn, is the Unicode code point U+2502, known as Box Drawings Light Vertical, a character used in text-based user interfaces for drawing vertical lines. This cross-domain link illustrates how a single binary literal can relate to numeric values, text encoding, and digital representations in different contexts.