Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Representation (Section 6 - No. 2)
Which of the following is NOT a purpose of the hexadecimal system in computer science?
Representing MAC addresses
Representing colors in HTML
Simplifying binary representation
Performing arithmetic calculations directly
Paliwanag
Hexadecimal is primarily used for representation and human readability, while arithmetic calculations are usually performed in binary.