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''Octal / Hexadecimal Numbers''
<table align="right"><tr valign="top"><td>[[Image:octal-number-2.png|thumb|right|200px|The '''octal''' numbering system.<br>(Image licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ cc])]]</td><td>[[Image:hex-number-2.png|thumb|right|420px|The '''hexadecimal''' numbering system.<br>(Image licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ cc])]]</td></tr></table>
The '''octal''' and '''hexadecimal''' numbering systems consist of digits of containing numbers '''0 to 7''' and '''0 to F''' respectively. For ''hexadecimal'' numbers, values for '''10 to 15''' are represented by the characters '''A to F''' respectively.The '''octal''' and '''hexadecimal''' numbering system are based on sums of the power of '''8''' and '''16''' respectively. Since '''1 octal digit represents 3 binary digits''' and '''1 hexadecimal digit represents 4 binary digits''', octal and hexadecimal numbers are used as '''short-cuts''' to represent binary number.
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