0x9D78

0x9D78 is a hexadecimal number. In decimal representation, this value is 40312. In binary, it is 1001110101111000. The prefix "0x" is a common convention in computing to denote a hexadecimal literal. Hexadecimal numbers are base-16, meaning they use sixteen distinct symbols for representation: the digits 0-9 and the letters A-F. Each hexadecimal digit corresponds to exactly four binary digits (bits). This makes hexadecimal a convenient shorthand for representing binary data, particularly in programming and computer science contexts. For example, the hexadecimal number 0x9D78 can be broken down into four-bit groups: 1001, 1101, 0111, and 1000, which directly translate to the decimal values 9, D, 7, and 8 respectively, forming the hexadecimal representation.