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  2. Hexspeak - Wikipedia

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    Hexspeak. Hexspeak is a novelty form of variant English spelling using the hexadecimal digits. Created by programmers as memorable magic numbers, hexspeak words can serve as a clear and unique identifier with which to mark memory or data. Hexadecimal notation represents numbers using the 16 digits 0123456789ABCDEF.

  3. List of file signatures - Wikipedia

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    List of file signatures. This is a list of file signatures, data used to identify or verify the content of a file. Such signatures are also known as magic numbers or Magic Bytes. Many file formats are not intended to be read as text. If such a file is accidentally viewed as a text file, its contents will be unintelligible.

  4. Alt code - Wikipedia

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    Alt code. On personal computers with numeric keypads that use Microsoft operating systems, such as Windows, many characters that do not have a dedicated key combination on the keyboard may nevertheless be entered using the Alt code (the Alt numpad input method ). This is done by pressing and holding the Alt key, then typing a number on the ...

  5. Number sign - Wikipedia

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    Hex "Hex" is commonly used in Singapore and Malaysia, as spoken by many recorded telephone directory-assistance menus: "Please enter your phone number followed by the 'hex' key". The term "hex" is discouraged in Singapore in favour of "hash". In Singapore, a hash is also called "hex" in apartment addresses, where it precedes the floor number.

  6. x86 instruction listings - Wikipedia

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    Copy all bits of the source argument, then clear the lowest set bit. Equivalent to dst = (src-1) AND src: BMI2 Bit Manipulation Instruction Set 2: BZHI ra,r/m,rb: VEX.LZ.0F38 F5 /r: Zero out high-order bits in r/m starting from the bit position specified in rb, then write result to rd. Equivalent to ra = r/m AND NOT(-1 << rb[7:0]) Haswell ...

  7. Konami Code - Wikipedia

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    The Konami Code was first used in the release of Gradius (1986), a scrolling shooter for the NES [11] and was popularized among North American players in the NES version of Contra. The code is also known as the "Contra Code" and "30 Lives Code", since the code provided the player 30 extra lives in Contra. The code has been used to help novice ...

  8. Fortnite - Wikipedia

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    Fortnite is an online video game and game platform developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in six distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game in which up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative hybrid tower defense ...

  9. Hexadecimal - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and computing, the hexadecimal (also base-16 or simply hex) numeral system is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of sixteen. Unlike the decimal system representing numbers using ten symbols, hexadecimal uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols "0"–"9" to represent values 0 to 9 ...