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Hex vs Hexadecimal - What's the difference?

hex | hexadecimal |

As nouns the difference between hex and hexadecimal

is that hex is an evil spell or curse while hexadecimal is a number system with base 16, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, useful in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte. Informal short form used in computing: hex

As a verb hex

is to put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on.

As an adjective hexadecimal is

of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.

hex

English

(wikipedia hex)

Etymology 1

First attested about 1830, from (etyl)

Verb

  • To put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on.

    • Noun

    (hexes)
  • An evil spell or curse.
  • A witch.
  • (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).

    • Etymology 2

    Short for hexadecimal.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing, informal)

    • Etymology 3

    Short for hexagon.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A hexagonal space on a game board.
  • a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.

    • See also

    (climbing) nut

    References

    English terms with multiple etymologies

    hexadecimal

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (arithmetic, computing) A number system with base 16, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, useful in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte. Informal short form used in computing: hex

    • Synonyms

    * (arithmetic, computing ): base 16 * sexidecimal (pure Latin) * sexadecimal

    Derived terms

    * hexit

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.

    • Synonyms

    * (arithmetic, computing ): base-16

    See also

    * base * binary * decimal * octal ----