0x10B1

0x10B1 is a hexadecimal numeric literal that appears in programming and digital systems. The prefix 0x denotes base-16 notation, which is widely used in languages such as C, C++, JavaScript, Java, and Python. The value 0x10B1 equals 4,273 in decimal, and its binary representation is 0001 0000 1011 0001. As a 16-bit quantity, it can be used as a constant, a bitmask, a small address, or an opcode depending on the context.

In software development, literals like 0x10B1 are used to specify fixed values that are easier to read than decimal, especially when the value encodes multiple fields via bitwise operations. For example, applying bitwise operations to 0x10B1 can yield different parts of the value: 0x10B1 >> 8 equals 0x10 (16 decimal), and 0x10B1 & 0x00FF equals 0x00B1 (177 decimal). Such techniques are common when working with hardware registers, protocol headers, or compact data representations.

The precise meaning of 0x10B1 is context-dependent. It may serve as a memory address, a device or protocol code, a register or field identifier, or simply a numeric constant. Without accompanying documentation or surrounding code, the interpretation of this single hex value cannot be determined. This ambiguity is typical for short hexadecimal literals used across diverse technical domains.

See also: hexadecimal notation, memory addressing, bitwise operations, endianness.