1001000110000

1001000110000 is a binary numeral consisting of 13 bits. It is read as a base-2 representation of an unsigned integer. In decimal form it equals 4656, and in hexadecimal it is 0x1230. The bit length of 13 means it does not align to a standard byte boundary, though it can be padded on the left to 16 bits as 0001001000110000, which corresponds to 0x1230.

In terms of its bit pattern, there are four 1 bits located toward the higher end of the string. Specifically, the 1s occur at the most significant bit (2^12), at 2^9, at 2^5, and at 2^4. The sum of these values is 4096 + 512 + 32 + 16 = 4656, which matches the decimal value above.

Context and potential uses: as a binary literal, 1001000110000 can appear in source code or data streams to represent a small integer or a bit mask. Because it is 13 bits long, it is more common to encounter such patterns as part of a larger bit field or when dealing with non-byte-aligned data. In programming languages that support binary literals, it may be written as 0b1001000110000.

See also: Binary numeral system, Decimal, Hexadecimal, Bit mask, Binary literals.