Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Representation (Section 3 - No. 13)
What is a common reason for using hexadecimal notation in computer programming?
To simplify the representation of memory addresses.
To facilitate faster arithmetic operations.
To improve the readability of long binary strings.
To easily encode textual data.
Explication
Hexadecimal simplifies the representation of memory addresses and eases the readability of binary strings.