Local Hexclock Time: Local Standard Time: Hexadecimal Number Words You may be wondering how to pronounce numbers written in hex. If so, you're not the first. Even computer geeks have argued over the matter, as this Slashdot discussion from 2003 shows. Until now, you had one of two choices: enunciate every single digit like you're reciting a phone number, or convert to base ten to use current number words. Neither choice is optimal for thinking or communicating in hex. Even if hex continues to play second fiddle to decimal, it's not going away any sooner than digital computers. So to make life easier for the computer geeks using hex on a daily basis and the Information Age school kids who should be, we propose the following system of hexadecimal number words for the English language: Basic Numbers (1–10) Cardinal Ordinal Cardinal Ordinal 1 one first 9 nine ninth 2 two second A ten tenth 3 three third B eleven eleventh 4 four fourth C twelve twelfth 5 five fifth D draze drazeth 6 six sixth E eptwin eptwinth 7 seven seventh F fim fimth 8 eight eighth 10 tex texth Two-Digit Numbers (11–FF) The Teeks (11–1F) # Word # Word 11 oneteek 19 nineteek 12 twenteek 1A tenteek 13 thirteek 1B levteek 14 fourteek 1C twelfteek 15 fifteek 1D drazeteek 16 sixteek 1E epteek 17 sevteek 1F fimteek 18 eighteek ? umpteek Ordinals are created with the suffix -th. For example, 19th would be nineteekth. Two-Digit Multiples of Tex # Word # Word 20 twentek 90 ninetek 30 thirtek A0 tentek 40 fourtek B0 levtek 50 fiftek C0 twelftek 60 sixtek D0 drazetek 70 sevtek E0 eptek 80 eightek F0 fimtek The above words combine with the words for one-digit numbers in the same manner as base-ten words. For instance, 21 would be twentek-one and 9E would be ninetek-eptwin. For ease of speech, eleven may be shortened to leven making BB levtek-leven. Ordinals are created through the same process, making 21st twentek-first, 9Eth ninetek-eptwinth, and BBth levtek-leventh. The ordinals for the two-digit multiples also use the suffix -th, making 80th eightekth. Powers of Tex 102 hundrek 100 256 A 103 thousek 1000 4,096 A 104 millek 1,0000 65,536 A 108 billek 1,0000,0000 4,294,967,296 A 10C trillek 1,0000,0000,0000 281,474,976,710,656 A 1010 quadrillek 1,0000,0000,0000,0000 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 A Since quadrillek is a very large number, names for powers of tex larger than it are unlikely to be useful and hence not created, though it is rumored in some circles that a 1 with a hundrek 0s behind it is a googlek.

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