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Allnumbersystemshaveabaseorradix,whichspecifieshow
manydigitscanbeusedineachplacecount.
Inthedecimalsystemthebaseis10,sotherearetendigitsthat
canbeusedforeachplacecount.Thedigitsare
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.
Forbinarynumbers,thebaseis2,with0and1astheonlytwo
digits.
Octalnumbersystem,thebaseis8,thismeansthatthedigits
usedisfrom0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
Hexadecimalnumbers,withabaseof16,thefirsttendigitsare
representedbythenumbers0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,andtheletters
A,B,C,D,E,Fareusedtorepresentthenumbers10,11,12,13,
14and15respectively.