What is Octal Number
The octal (or the numeric system denoted by radix 8) numbering system, or oct for short, is the base-8 number system, and uses the digits 0 to 7, which means the number 10 in octal system represents 8 in decimal and 100 in deicmal system represents 64 in octal system.
The Octal Numbering method consists of a base-8 and uses only the numbers between 0 and 7. This Octal/Oct numeral system is also very widely used in the sectors of computer and its related applications.
Most of the computing system of the relatively modern generation use 16/32/64 bit word, which is again sub-divided into multi 8 bit words. We can also see the usage of the octal system in the aviation sector , where the octal numbering system and the numerals are used to represent code.
As the octal/Oct numbering systme uses less number of digits when compared to decimal system or the hexadecimal systme, it is quite easy to do most complex calculations in minimal steps and also lessen the chances of occurrence of error.
What is HexaDecimal Number
The Hexadecimal numbering system is the name of the numbering system which uses a base of 16. In this numbering system, the numerals involved are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (represented as A), 11 (represented as B), 12 (represented as C), 13 (represented as D), 14 (represented as E), and 15 (represented as F).
That means each of the two digit number 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 must be represented by a single numeral to be present in the hexadecimal numbering system. In this system, the number 10 is denoted as A, 11 as B and so on till 16 which is denoted as F.
How to use the Octal to HexaDecimal Converter
Simply enter your number in the first text area provided above and click on the Convert button. This will convert your number into the target base number system. You can copy or download the results. This will not send any request to any server to convert your data and will be done right on your machine and hence your data is totally safe.