Quick Review of Hexadecimal
Humans normally use base 10 numbers
Hexadecimal is base 16
- use 0-9 as normal, then continue on with a, b, c, d, e, f, then:
- 10, 11, ... fd, fe, ff, 100, 101, ... ffe, fff
Hex is convenient for 32-bit addresses
- Each hex digit comprises 4 binary digits
- A 32 bit address takes 8 hex digits
Example: binary 10110011 = 0xb3