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Computers store data in binary digits - ones and zeroes. It is mainly here that hexadecimal is used, as a shortcut for binary; each hexadecimal digit corresponds to four binary digits.

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What is the numbering system that use 16 digits?

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On computers.


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How does the binary numbering system differ from the hexadecimal numbering system?

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What is the A in hexadecimal system?

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