Answer to Question #119457 in Computer Networks for Delali

Question

Explain the circumstances that would motivate the use of hexadecimal number systems in modern computation

Answer 1

In actual, computer works on binary system which have base 2 and number including 0,1. For our convenience and understanding we convert binary into hexadecimal. One digits of hexadecimal contains 4 binary digits. The hexadecimal have base 16. The number including 0 to 9 and then A to F.

In modern computing the hexadecimal number system is commonly used to describe locations in computer memory, in assembly language instructions, to describe colours on web pages.