0x3246

0x3246 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 number 0x3246 is a four-digit hexadecimal number. To convert it to decimal, each digit is multiplied by 16 raised to the power of its position, starting from the right (with the rightmost position being 0). So, 0x3246 in decimal is calculated as follows: (3 * 16^3) + (2 * 16^2) + (4 * 16^1) + (6 * 16^0), which equals 12,870 in decimal. Hexadecimal numbers are commonly used in computer programming, digital electronics, and data storage to represent binary-coded values in a more human-readable form. They are also used in URLs, HTML, and other web technologies.