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kalberts10-Sep-18 2:56
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HexaDECIMAL is six + ten = 16.

Hexa is six. A hexagon has six sides, not 16.

Computer guys frequently are not aware of this, so they shorten down hexadecimal to hex, which is certainly not entymologically correct. Some day, but not yet, our language may have changed so that hex means 16 rather than 6.

We have a somewhat similar situation in Norway: Entymologically, 'kilo' means 'thousand', nothing more. In Norway, it has come to mean 'kilogram'. You buy two kilos of flour. The weight of your car is 1200 kilos. No Norwegian questions it. But when Norwegians speak English, and they ask for, say, two kilo pack of flour in the grocery store, they are not understood.

The day 'hex' has changed meaning from 6 to 16, how will you explain to your kid why a hexagon has only 6 sides?
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