2.6. Conventions for Bits and Bytes
Bits are represented by lower case ‘b’ where followed by a numbering digit.
Bytes are represented by upper case ‘B’ where followed by a numbering digit.
Example:
163 decimal number is represented
● in hexadecimal as 0xA3
● in binary as (10100011)b
The least significant nibble of 0xA3 is
● 0x3 in hexadecimal
● (0011)b in binary
The most significant nibble of =xA3 is
● 0xA in hexadecimal
● (1010)b in binary