0o652

0o652 refers to a number represented in octal format. The prefix "0o" explicitly indicates that the number is written in base-8. In the octal system, each digit can range from 0 to 7. To convert 0o652 to its decimal equivalent, we multiply each digit by the corresponding power of 8 and sum the results. The rightmost digit '2' is in the 8^0 position, the next digit '5' is in the 8^1 position, and the leftmost digit '6' is in the 8^2 position. Therefore, the decimal value is (6 * 8^2) + (5 * 8^1) + (2 * 8^0). This calculates to (6 * 64) + (5 * 8) + (2 * 1), which equals 384 + 40 + 2, resulting in a decimal value of 426. In hexadecimal, this number would be represented as 1AA. The octal numeral system is commonly used in computing, particularly in older Unix-like systems for file permissions and in some programming languages as a way to represent integer literals. It was historically used because it maps directly to groups of three bits, making it easier for programmers to work with binary data.