0x3FBA

0x3FBA is a hexadecimal (base-16) number commonly used in computing and digital systems for representing binary data in a more human-readable format. In the hexadecimal numbering system, each digit can represent values from 0 to 15, with the letters A through F representing values 10 through 15.

Converted to decimal (base-10), 0x3FBA equals 16250. The calculation involves multiplying each digit by powers of 16 from right to left:

3FBA (hexadecimal)

= (3 × 16^3) + (15 × 16^2) + (11 × 16^1) + (10 × 16^0)

= (3 × 4096) + (15 × 256) + (11 × 16) + (10 × 1)

= 12288 + 3840 + 176 + 10

= 16250

In programming contexts, 0x3FBA might be used as a literal to denote specific data, addresses, or instruction values within memory. Its significance varies depending on the application, system architecture, and what the hexadecimal value represents.

In addition, hexadecimal notation such as 0x3FBA is prevalent in debugging, firmware development, network addressing, and data encoding due to its efficiency in representing large binary values compactly.

Because of its capacity to succinctly express complex binary information, 0x3FBA and other hexadecimal values are fundamental tools across various fields of computer science and electronic engineering.