Hexadecimal - String Function Blog

MD5 is one of a number of solutions to providing security to static data elements. It is simply defined as a fixed-length 128-bit hexadecimal string derived as a function of the hash-generating program that is a representation of a plain-text string. Any computer language with string function manipulation can be used as an MD5 encoder or MD5 converter, albeit some are more efficient than others in the implementation. It is most often seen as a callable MD5 function.

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The concept of binary systems is based on the existence of two clearly defined and opposite states. Examples of binary states include: TRUE or FALSE; ON or OFF; and OPEN or CLOSED. (more…)

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Sometimes, videos make it easier to understand things. Here’s a video that explains how to convert hexadecimal to binary and how to convert binary to hexadecimal.

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The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) comprises several distinct parts. The Uniform Resource Name (URN), Uniform Resource Identifier (URI); and, in many cases, the appending of parameters or code elements. The traditional term for URL encoding is “Percent Encoding”, which is a less ambiguous (more…)

In computer programming, computers only understand a binary numbering system – based on 2s. Currently, many programmers use a hexadecimal system, which is based on units of 16. Although there are many online tools to help with conversions, an understanding of manual ASCII to binary to hexadecimal conversions is helpful. (more…)

Hexadecimal – or called “hex” by coders for convenience – is a programming convention used to enable raw binary or octal values to be represented in (more…)