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Glossary: Networking Basics

hexadecimal

Also written: hex

Counting in sixteens, using the digits 0 to 9 and then a to f for ten to fifteen; two hex digits make one byte, so 4e is 4 × 16 + 14 = 78. MAC addresses and IPv6 addresses are written in hex.

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MAC addressIPv6binary