Math’s base 32 versus Linux’s base 32

The Endeavour 2024-08-13

Summary:

The convention in math for writing numbers in bases larger than 10 is to insert capital letters after 9, starting with A. So, for example, the digits in base 12 are 0, 1, 2, …, 9, A, and B. So if you’re familiar with math but not Linux, and you run across the base32 utility, […]

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https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2024/08/13/base-32/

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computing

Authors:

John

Date tagged:

08/13/2024, 13:37

Date published:

08/13/2024, 11:27