0x0500

0x0500 is a hexadecimal representation of a numerical value. In decimal, this is equivalent to 1280. The prefix "0x" indicates that the following digits are in base 16. Hexadecimal is commonly used in computer science and programming for representing memory addresses, color codes, and other data where a more compact and human-readable format than binary is desired.

The digits in hexadecimal range from 0 to 9 and then A to F, where A represents 10, B represents 11, C represents 12, D represents 13, E represents 14, and F represents 15. In the case of 0x0500, the digits are 0, 5, 0, and 0. Each position in a hexadecimal number represents a power of 16. Starting from the rightmost digit, the positions represent 16^0, 16^1, 16^2, and so on. Therefore, 0x0500 can be calculated as (0 * 16^3) + (5 * 16^2) + (0 * 16^1) + (0 * 16^0). This simplifies to (0 * 4096) + (5 * 256) + (0 * 16) + (0 * 1), which equals 0 + 1280 + 0 + 0, resulting in the decimal value of 1280.