Base 16 place value
What Base 16 place value means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: OCR
A 2-digit hexadecimal number has place values 16¹ = 16 and 16⁰ = 1, so it represents values from 0 to 255.
Hexadecimal is base 16, using 0–9 then A–F for 10–15.
Topics that use Base 16 place value
- Data storage (OCR GCSE)
- Binary (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Analogue to digital conversion
- Arithmetic right shift
- Bit depth
- Character set
- Colour depth
- Discarded carry
- Duration
- File size
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