0x1049

0x1049 is a hexadecimal literal commonly encountered in computing. The prefix 0x signals that the digits that follow are in base-16 notation, rather than decimal. The value 0x1049 corresponds to 1×16^3 + 0×16^2 + 4×16 + 9, which equals 4169 in decimal.

Because 0x1049 is simply a numeric constant, its meaning depends on the context in which it appears. In source code, it may be used as a constant in a lookup table, as a bit flag, as a memory address within a simulated or real hardware space, or as a numeric identifier such as a port number or error code, depending on the architecture and the conventions of the project. In documentation and tutorials, it is often used as a straightforward example of a hex literal to illustrate conversion between bases or to show how hex values map to binary and decimal representations.

In programming languages, 0x1049 is typically treated as an integer literal. It can participate in arithmetic, comparisons, and bitwise operations just like other integers, with semantics determined by the language’s type system and the surrounding code. If 0x1049 appears in a protocol, file format, or device specification, its exact meaning should be defined by that particular specification; without that context, it is only a numeric value.

See also: hexadecimal notation, hex literals, 16-bit values, memory addressing.