Binary, hexadecimal, and decimal are three ways of writing the same value. Fluency between them is foundational for packet analysis, subnetting, memory addresses, and reverse engineering — the goal here is to see the conversions, not memorize a table.
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Each group of 4 bits (a nibble) maps to exactly one hex digit — that's why hex is the natural shorthand for binary.