0xB0

0xB0 is a hexadecimal literal commonly used in computing to denote the byte value 0xB0, which equals 176 in decimal. The prefix 0x identifies the number as hexadecimal in many programming languages, including C, C++, Java, Python, and JavaScript. In an 8-bit byte representation, 0xB0 corresponds to the binary pattern 10110000.

In character encoding terms, 0xB0 is outside the standard ASCII range. In ISO/IEC 8859-1 (Latin-1) and Windows-1252, the byte 0xB0 maps to the degree sign (°). In Unicode, the degree sign is U+00B0, and its UTF-8 encoding is the two-byte sequence C2 B0. Thus, the same byte value can represent different characters depending on the encoding scheme.

Common uses and considerations include representing raw binary data in debugging,networks, and low-level programming, where hexadecimal values are convenient for inspecting memory or byte streams. In source code, 0xB0 can be assigned to variables, used in bitwise operations, or combined with other hex literals to form larger constants, such as color or color-like values in certain graphics contexts.

Because 0xB0 is defined as a single byte, its interpretation can change with language standards and system encoding. When transferring data between systems or rendering text, it is important to consider the target encoding to avoid misinterpretation of the byte as a particular character.

See also: hexadecimal literals, byte, encoding, degree sign.