0x24EC

0x24EC is a hexadecimal value. In computing, hexadecimal notation, often abbreviated as "hex," is a base-16 numeral system. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most commonly the digits 0-9 and the letters A-F. Each digit in a hexadecimal number represents four bits, which is a fundamental unit of digital information.

Converting 0x24EC to its decimal (base-10) equivalent involves multiplying each hex digit by its corresponding power of 16 and summing the results. The rightmost digit (C) is multiplied by 16^0 (which is 1), the next digit to the left (E) by 16^1 (which is 16), the next (2) by 16^2 (which is 256), and the leftmost (0) by 16^3 (which is 4096). The letters A-F correspond to decimal values 10-15. So, C is 12, and E is 14. The decimal value of 0x24EC is (0 * 4096) + (2 * 256) + (14 * 16) + (12 * 1) = 0 + 512 + 224 + 12 = 748.

Hexadecimal numbers are frequently used in computer programming, particularly in areas like memory addresses, color codes (e.g., #FFFFFF for white), and data representation where they offer a more human-readable way to display binary data compared to long strings of 0s and 1s. The prefix "0x" is a common convention to indicate that a number is represented in hexadecimal format.