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HEXADECIMAL DIGITS [4 records]

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Record 1 2015-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Applications of Electronics
  • Banking
DEF

A single character in the range 0 to 9, A to F (upper case), representing a four bit string.

OBS

hexadecimal digit: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

Key term(s)
  • hexadecimal digits

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Applications de l'électronique
  • Banque
DEF

Caractère unique choisi dans l'intervalle 0 à 9, A à F (majuscules) représentant une chaîne de 4 bits.

OBS

chiffre hexadécimal : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
  • Aplicaciones de la electrónica
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Cualquiera de los 16 dígitos en el sistema numérico hexadecimal, representados por 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F.

Key term(s)
  • dígitos hexadecimales
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Record 2 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
01.01.10 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

characterized by a selection choice, or condition that has sixteen possible different values or states, such as the hexadecimal digits

OBS

hexadecimal: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2006-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
04.03.05 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

character that represents a natural number

OBS

Examples : One of the characters 0 through 9 in the decimal system; these digits plus the characters A through F used in the hexadecimal system.

OBS

The mathematical term "natural number" denotes all non-negative integers.

OBS

This is a modified version of the definition in ISO/IEC 2382-01.

OBS

digit; numeric character: terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-4:1999].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
04.03.05 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

caractère représentant à lui seul un entier naturel

OBS

Exemple : Chacun des caractères de 0 à 9 en numération décimale; chacun des caractères 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F en numération hexadécimale.

OBS

Le terme mathématique «entier naturel» désigne tous les entiers non négatifs.

OBS

Ceci est une version modifiée de la définition de l'ISO/CEI 2382-01.

OBS

chiffre; caractère numérique : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-4:1999].

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Virus Hex Patterns. One common way of testing executable files for viruses is to search for recognition patterns known to be part of known viruses. These patterns are normally represented as hexadecimal digits and referred to as "hex patterns". This section contains short descriptions and hexadecimal patterns of viruses seen by January 1990.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Configurations hexadécimales des virus. Pour déterminer si des fichiers exécutables contiennent des virus, on recherche souvent des configurations caractéristiques dont on sait qu'elles font partie du virus. Ces configurations sont normalement représentées sous la forme de valeurs hexadécimales désignées sous le nom de «configurations hexadécimales».

Spanish

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