0×10

0x10 is a hexadecimal representation, commonly used in computing. The prefix "0x" signifies that the following digits are in hexadecimal. In the hexadecimal system, numbers are represented using 16 distinct symbols: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, and F. These symbols correspond to decimal values 0 through 15.

The hexadecimal number 0x10 therefore consists of two digits. The rightmost digit, '0', represents 0 times the base, which is 16 to the power of 0, resulting in 0. The leftmost digit, '1', represents 1 times the base, which is 16 to the power of 1, resulting in 16. Adding these values together, 16 + 0, gives the decimal equivalent of 16.

In binary, the number 16 is represented as 10000. The hexadecimal system is often used as a more human-readable shorthand for binary code, as it requires fewer digits to represent large numbers. Each hexadecimal digit can be directly mapped to four binary digits (a nibble). For example, 0x1 is binary 0001, and 0x0 is binary 0000. Thus, 0x10 in binary is 0001 0000.