Revision as of 02:30, 5 June 2009 (view source) >Abwayax (New page: {{wikipedia}} ''"HEX" and "hex" redirect here. For another use of the term, see identifier''. The '''hexadecimal''' or '''base sixteen''' number system has the number sixteen as its b...)		Revision as of 02:30, 5 June 2009 (view source) >Abwayax No edit summary Newer edit →
Line 6: Hexadecimal numbers are used to represent bytes, which can hold a value of 0 through 255. Two hexadecimal digits represent a byte; FF in hexadecimal is equal to 255 in decimal. In the Pokémon glitch community, hexadecimal is the preferred system for [[~~identifiers~~identifier]]s. As such, the term "HEX" is synonymous with "identifier." Hexadecimal identifiers are used in cheat codes for [[cheating device]]s. In the first two generations of Pokémon games, identifiers were one byte long and thus had a maximum value of 255. In later generations, they are two bytes long. [[Category: Terminology]]

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