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octal

View image A numbering system using base 8 and the digits 0 to 7. It has similar advantages to hexadecimal in that it is related to the binary pattern (each octal digit represents 3 bits). Most people prefer to use hexadecimal rather than to octal.

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binarydecimalHEXhexadecimalnumber basebit
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General › numbering systems and numbers
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