232

232 is a natural number that follows 231 and precedes 233. It is even and composite, with a prime factorization of 2^3 × 29. Its positive divisors are 1, 2, 4, 8, 29, 58, 116, and 232.

In base ten it is written as 232; in binary it is 11101000, in hexadecimal, E8, and in octal 350. In Roman numerals it is CCXXXII.

In the calendar, 232 is the 232nd day of a common year, which falls on August 20. In a leap year, the same ordinal day falls on August 19.

In science, Thorium-232 (232Th) is the most abundant isotope of thorium and a parent nuclide in its decay series. It has a very long half-life, about 14.05 billion years.

In technology, RS-232 is a widely used standard for serial communication between computers and peripherals; the number 232 is part of the designation.

The international calling code +232 designates Sierra Leone.

In character encoding, decimal 232 corresponds to the character è in ISO-8859-1 and Unicode code point U+00E8.