0x235

0x235 is a hexadecimal number, which is a base-16 numeral system used in computing and digital electronics. In hexadecimal, the digits range from 0 to 9 and the letters A to F, where A represents 10, B represents 11, and so on up to F, which represents 15. The prefix "0x" is commonly used to denote a hexadecimal number in programming and digital contexts.

The number 0x235 can be converted to decimal (base-10) by breaking it down into its individual hexadecimal components and calculating their decimal equivalents. The "2" in 0x235 represents 2 times 16^2 (256), the "3" represents 3 times 16^1 (16), and the "5" represents 5 times 16^0 (1). Adding these together gives 512 + 48 + 5 = 565. Therefore, 0x235 in hexadecimal is equivalent to 565 in decimal.

Hexadecimal is widely used in computer science for various purposes, including memory addressing, color coding in web design, and representing binary-coded decimal (BCD) numbers. Its compactness and ease of conversion make it a convenient system for representing large binary numbers in a more human-readable form.