0x9170

0x9170 is a hexadecimal number, which is a base-16 numeral system commonly used in computing and digital electronics for its concise representation of binary-coded values. In decimal notation, 0x9170 is equivalent to 37232. The prefix "0x" is a convention used to denote hexadecimal numbers, distinguishing them from decimal numbers.

Hexadecimal numbers are composed of 16 symbols: 0-9 to represent values zero to nine, and A-F (or a-f) to represent values ten to fifteen. Each hexadecimal digit represents four binary digits (bits), making hexadecimal a convenient shorthand for binary-coded values. For example, the hexadecimal number 0x9170 can be converted to binary as 1001 0001 0111 0000.

In computing, hexadecimal is widely used for representing memory addresses, color codes in web design, and machine code instructions. Its base-16 structure aligns well with the byte (8 bits) and nibble (4 bits) units commonly used in digital systems. Understanding hexadecimal is essential for programmers, hardware engineers, and anyone working with low-level system operations.