Re: Steve's Guide to Hexadecimal (was: Re: Binary Data/Hexidecimals)

[John Marshall]

> Hexadecimal -- comes from the latin "Hexa" for sixteen and "decimal"
> meaning number.

Rather no.  In Latin, sex + decem = sedecim: 6 + 10 = 16.  "Hexa" is just
six and is from a Greek root, while "decimal" is from the Latin.  Thus,
in the Honoured Tradition of Television, we're mixing our roots.

    John   "Failed Linguists Anonymous, here I come :-)"