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十六進法 (じゅうろくしんほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

十じゅう六ろく進しん法ほう

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Meanings

1

hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex

Technical term used in computing and mathematics to refer to base-16 representation.

十じゅう六ろく進しん法

ほう

で

は

、

10

進しん

数すう

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255

は

FF

と

表ひょう

さ

れる

。

In hexadecimal notation, the decimal number 255 is represented as FF.

このプログラムは十じゅう六ろく進しん法ほうの数すう値ちを扱あつかえる。

This program can handle hexadecimal numbers.

Kanji

十ten
六six
進advance, proceed, progress
法method, law, rule

Related words

二に進しん法ほう
Binary notation (base-2), whereas 十六進法 is base-16.
十じっ進しん法ほう
Decimal notation (base-10), the standard number system.

Built from

十じゅう六ろく進しん+法ほう

Written forms

十じゅう六ろく進しん法ほう
Standard kanji spelling for hexadecimal notation.
１６じゅうろく進しん法ほう
Variant using Arabic numeral 16; common in technical contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 十六 (sixteen) + 進法 (base notation). The term is a straightforward technical coinage.