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

[Steve Sabram]

I stand corrected!  The rest of it is still worth a read.

John Marshall wrote:

> > 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 :-)"