0x30AF

0x30AF is a hexadecimal representation of a value. In the decimal system, this value is equivalent to 12463. Hexadecimal notation, often abbreviated as hex, is a base-16 numbering system that uses sixteen distinct symbols. These symbols are 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. This system is commonly used in computer science and digital electronics due to its efficiency in representing binary data. Each hexadecimal digit can represent exactly four binary digits (bits), making conversions between binary and hexadecimal straightforward. For instance, 0x30AF can be broken down into its individual hexadecimal digits: 3, 0, A, and F. Converting each of these to their 4-bit binary equivalents, we get 0011, 0000, 1010, and 1111, respectively. Concatenating these binary groups results in the binary representation of 0011000010101111. This binary number, when converted to decimal, equals 12463. Therefore, 0x30AF serves as a compact and human-readable way to represent this specific numerical quantity within computing contexts.