0x2629

0x2629 is a hexadecimal number. In decimal representation, this value is 9773. Hexadecimal, or base-16, is a positional numeral system that uses sixteen distinct symbols. These symbols are typically the digits 0-9 and the letters A-F, where A represents 10, B represents 11, C represents 12, D represents 13, E represents 14, and F represents 15.

The notation "0x" is a common prefix used in programming languages and other contexts to explicitly indicate that a number is represented in hexadecimal format. This helps to avoid ambiguity with decimal (base-10) numbers. Therefore, 0x2629 signifies the hexadecimal number 2629.

To convert 0x2629 to decimal, one would multiply each digit by the corresponding power of 16 and sum the results. In this case, it would be (2 * 16^3) + (6 * 16^2) + (2 * 16^1) + (9 * 16^0). This calculation yields (2 * 4096) + (6 * 256) + (2 * 16) + (9 * 1), which equals 8192 + 1536 + 32 + 9, resulting in 9773. Hexadecimal numbers are frequently used in computing due to their efficiency in representing binary data, as each hexadecimal digit can represent exactly four binary digits (bits).