0x15D4

0x15D4 is a hexadecimal integer literal. In decimal notation, it equals 5588. The prefix 0x is a common convention in many programming languages (such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, and Python) used to denote base-16 numbers. Hex literals like this are frequently employed to represent bit patterns, memory addresses, hardware registers, color components in compact forms, or other binary data within source code and data dumps.

In practical computing, a value such as 0x15D4 may appear as an offset, a mask, a flag, or as part of a larger numeric value within protocols, data structures, or low-level programming tasks. The exact meaning of 0x15D4 depends on the surrounding context, since a numeric value by itself provides only its magnitude.

In Unicode, the code point U+15D4 corresponds to a character in the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block. Unicode code points are typically referenced in hexadecimal, and some programming contexts use a 0x prefix to denote hex values, yielding U+15D4 as the hex form of the code point.

Endianness considerations affect how 0x15D4 is stored in memory. If encoded as a 16-bit value, big-endian storage places the bytes 15 D4, whereas little-endian storage places D4 15.

See also: hexadecimal numeral system, Unicode, endianness.