0x1A03

0x1A03 is a hexadecimal numeric literal commonly encountered in programming and digital electronics. The prefix 0x denotes base-16, and the digits 1, A, 0, 3 encode the value 1*4096 + 10*256 + 0*16 + 3 = 6659 in decimal. In binary this is 0001 1010 0000 0011.

Representations and usage: In many languages, 0x1A03 is stored as a 16-bit quantity. The high byte is 0x1A and the low byte is 0x03. On little-endian systems, it is stored in memory as 03 1A; on big-endian systems as 1A 03. It can be used as a constant in code for bitwise operations, masks, or to encode two small values in one 16-bit field.

Common contexts: It may appear as a memory-mapped register value, a protocol field, or a test vector. It does not encode any universal meaning by itself; its interpretation depends on the surrounding application or specification.

Compared to other bases: 0x1A03 is one of many hexadecimal literals used to express numbers succinctly, especially when designing hardware interfaces and low-level software.

Example in code: int v = 0x1A03; int high = (v >> 8) & 0xFF; int low = v & 0xFF;

See also: Hexadecimal notation; bitwise operations; endianness; memory representation.