0x16BA

0x16BA is a hexadecimal numeral used in computing to denote the 16-bit value composed of the digits 1, 6, B, and A. In decimal, this value equals 5818. Its binary representation is 0001 0110 1011 1010. As a two-byte quantity, it can be stored in memory in big-endian form as 0x16 followed by 0xBA, or in little-endian form as 0xBA followed by 0x16.

In programming and digital systems, literals of this form are used to specify constants for memory addresses, bit masks, flags, or data values. They may appear in assembly language, C, C++, and many other languages as immediate values or as part of expressions. Depending on the surrounding software or hardware specification, the same numeric value can be interpreted in different ways, such as an address offset, a feature flag set, or a compressed data field.

Applications and interpretations of 0x16BA vary with context. In hardware interfaces or network protocol implementations, it may occupy a specific field within a 16-bit word. In color encoding schemes that use 16-bit color formats (for example RGB565), the value can represent a particular color, though the exact appearance depends on the chosen encoding. The value itself does not prescribe a specific meaning; its significance is defined by the system or document that uses it.

See also: hexadecimal notation, endianness, and common numeric literals prefixed by 0x.