0x153

0x153 is a hexadecimal numeral commonly used in computing to represent a specific integer. In this base-16 notation, the prefix 0x signals that the following digits are interpreted as base-16 values. The digits 1, 5, and 3 encode the value, and 0x153 equals decimal 339.

As a hexadecimal constant, 0x153 can be represented in different bases for clarity in explanation: in binary it is 0001 0101 0011, and in hexadecimal it remains 0x153. It lies within the 12-bit range and is often used in examples to illustrate how hexadecimal literals are parsed and manipulated in programming languages.

In practical use, 0x153 may appear as a constant in source code across languages such as C, C++, Java, and Python. It can denote a memory offset, a size, a mask fragment, or any other numeric quantity where hexadecimal notation aids readability or alignment with low-level operations. When used in software dealing with hardware registers, addresses, or bitwise operations, hexadecimal constants like 0x153 help express values concisely and in a form that maps naturally to binary patterns.

A related note is that the decimal value 339 also corresponds to the Unicode code point U+0153, the Latin small ligature "œ". This shows how the same numeric value can appear in both programming and character encoding contexts, albeit in different notations. See also hexadecimal notation, decimal, binary representations, and Unicode code points.