Hexadecimal

Hexadecimal or HEX is a numeric system with the base of 16 meaning that all digits are made up of one of the base 16 digits. The 16 digits are :- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

In most programming languages, hex numbers are noted by using the prefix 0x such as 0xF14C (61,772)

The benefit of using HEX is for larger numbers it saves space as you need less digits to represent it.