0x5B1

0x5B1 is the hexadecimal numeral with the digits 5, B, and 1. The 0x prefix is a common marker in many programming languages to indicate that the following digits are base-16. Interpreted as a base-16 number, 0x5B1 equals 5×16^2 + 11×16 + 1, which is 1457 in decimal. In binary, it corresponds to 0101 1011 0001 (12 bits).

In software development, hexadecimal literals like 0x5B1 commonly appear in source code, configuration data, and debugging outputs. They can represent constant values, memory addresses, offsets, bitfields, or other identifiers depending on the context. In languages that support hex literals—such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, and Python—0x5B1 is interpreted as the integer value 1457.

As an identifier, 0x5B1 does not carry an inherent meaning outside of a specific program or dataset. Its significance is defined by how a given software system uses the value, whether as a constant, a flag, an address, or another typed quantity. When reading code or data containing 0x5B1, the surrounding code and documentation usually specify what the value represents.

See also: hexadecimal notation, decimal system, binary representation, memory addressing, and numeric literals in programming languages.