0x8E9

0x8E9 is a hexadecimal literal commonly encountered in computing. As a base-16 representation, it denotes the integer value 2281 in decimal.

Hex literals use the 0x prefix to distinguish them from decimal notation. The digits 8, E, and 9 correspond to 8, 14, 9, respectively, giving 8 × 16^2 + 14 × 16 + 9 = 2281. In binary, this is 1000 1110 1001, a 12-bit pattern.

Common uses include specifying memory addresses, bitmasks, or small constants within source code. It may appear in languages such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, and Python; the 0x prefix is often required or conventional.

Note that hexadecimal is different from Unicode notation. A Unicode code point often written as U+08E9 uses the same hexadecimal digits in a different context; 0x8E9 is a literal value rather than a character identifier.

As a general concept, 0x8E9 serves as an example of a compact hex value used in debugging, hardware registers, or data encodings, illustrating how hexadecimal notation conveys compact numerical information.