Can you explain hexadecimal to me?!? #storyofmylife 😁

Decimal = 10 possible values (0-9) for each digit. ("Dec" = 10)
Hexadecimal = 16 possible values per digit (0123456789abcdef) so f is equal to 15 in decimal.

A byte can be represented by two hex numerals, since each hex numeral represents 4 bits.

Shall I go on, or is that sufficient?

To add on to what @garrettw is saying, hexadecimal is a base16 number system, because it consists of 16 possible digits (0123456789abcdef). Same with binary how that is a base2 number system because it consists of just 2 digits (0 and 1)

I think this is a simple way of imagining different numerical systems:

Imagine that each place is a box.

For example a decimal place goes:
0 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9

Adding one more to that completes the box and it is now 10.

Now let's talk hexadecimal.
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - a - b - c -d - e - f

Adding one more to that completes the box and it is now 10.

So a full "box" in decimal equals ten.
A full "box" in hexadecimal equals sixteen.

Continuing on:

This scales for every place.

The next place in decimal needs ten full "boxes" and equals 10 x 10 or one hundred.

The next place in hexadecimal needs 16 full "boxes" and equals in decimal 16 x 16 = 256. But if we WROTE it in hexadecimal 10 x 10 = 100.

Here is an example of counting up in Binary:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

The same thing applies to hexadecimal:

http://datateca.unad.edu.co/conteni...

This gif shows how to count up in decimal, binary, octal, and hexadecimal at the same time.

Sorry...I was making a joke. I understand it very well, but a lot of people ask me. But Thank you so much for answering! 😎