0x52C

0x52C is a hexadecimal representation of a numerical value. In decimal, this value is 1324. The prefix "0x" indicates that the following characters represent a number in base 16, also known as hexadecimal. The digits 5, 2, and C are valid hexadecimal digits, where C represents the decimal value of 12. The positional value of each digit is determined by powers of 16. Therefore, 0x52C can be calculated as (5 * 16^2) + (2 * 16^1) + (12 * 16^0). This equates to (5 * 256) + (2 * 16) + (12 * 1), which results in 1280 + 32 + 12, totaling 1324 in decimal.

Hexadecimal notation is commonly used in computing. It provides a more human-readable way to represent binary data compared to long strings of ones and zeros. Each hexadecimal digit can represent four binary digits (bits). For instance, the hexadecimal digit 5 is equivalent to the binary sequence 0101. The digit 2 is 0010, and C (12) is 1100. Thus, 0x52C in binary is 010100101100. This value might appear in various computing contexts, such as memory addresses, error codes, or data structures, where it serves as a compact representation of a larger binary number.