0x10 Commandments
The notation 0x followed by a sequence of digits (0-9) and or
letters (A-F) is used to denote a hexidecimal (base 16) number. So, 0x10
is 16, base 16. Base 16 is commonly used by computer people since it is a
power of two and more naturally describes the numbers actually manipulated
by the computer. Similarly, 0x10 (or 16 decimal) is a more fundamental
number for computers than 10 (or 0xA), hence there are 16 commandments.
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