0x2B26

0x2B26 is a hexadecimal integer literal commonly encountered in programming and digital electronics. The prefix 0x indicates that the digits following are represented in base-16, a convention that originated in early programming languages such as C and has since been adopted across many languages and tools.

Interpreted as a base-16 value, 0x2B26 equals 11046 in decimal. Its 16-bit binary representation is 0010 1011 0010 0110; in hexadecimal notation, the digits 2, B, 2, and 6 reflect 2, 11, 2, and 6 respectively. In 32-bit form it can be written as 0x00002B26.

As a literal, 0x2B26 serves as a constant that can denote numbers used in calculations, bitwise operations, or memory addresses within software or hardware interfaces. Depending on the surrounding code or protocol, it could represent a flag mask, an identifier, an opcode, or a configuration parameter. Without context, it has no intrinsic meaning beyond being the numeric value 11046.

Hexadecimal literals like 0x2B26 are favored in low-level programming for their compact representation of binary data and their alignment with byte boundaries, since each hex digit corresponds to four bits. They are also convenient when performing bitwise manipulation or debugging.

See also: hexadecimal notation, decimal, binary, endianness, memory addressing, bitwise operators.