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Hexadecimal is quicker for humans to input than binary and easier to read than binary or decimal. While it does not use less memory than other number systems, converting between hex and binary is simpler than between decimal and binary. However, hex does not inherently make fewer errors than other number systems.

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Storage Capacity

Hexadecimal is quicker for humans to input than binary and easier to read than binary or decimal. While it does not use less memory than other number systems, converting between hex and binary is simpler than between decimal and binary. However, hex does not inherently make fewer errors than other number systems.

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Why Hex instead of binary?

Quicker to input Easier to read for humans than binary easier to convert to
binary than decimal hexdecimal are more compact make more errors. Doesnt
use less memory

Unit

Number

Description

Kilobyte =

1024

Bytes

Megabyte =

1024

Kilobytes

Gigabyte =

1024

Megabyte

Terabyte =

1024

Gigabyte

Petabytes =

1024

Terabyte

Exabyte =

1024

Petabytes

Zettabyte =

1024

Exabyte

Yottabyte =

1024

Zettabyte

Hard drive capacity

Number of 3 MB photo that could be stored.

1 Kilobytes (KB)

None

1 Megabyte (MB)

0.3

1 Gigabyte (GB)

341

1 Terabyte (TB)
1 Petabytes (TB)
1 Exabyte (EB)
1 Zettabyte (ZB)
1 Yottabyte (YB)

349525
357913941
366503875925
375299968947541
1152921504606847000

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