Talk:Hexspeak

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Hexspeak is mostly either 16 or 32 bits when it is used for magic numbers. Note the use of some digits can sometimes be used as letters. "1" can mean "L" or "I", "0" could mean "o", "5" could mean "S", "7" sometimes means "T" and so on.

Examples: dead, beef, bad, feed, f00d, c0de, babe, c001, d00d, 1d107, ea7, caca0, cafe, 7ea, 15, 9e7, b19, e.tc..

I've yet to see a 'real' example of someone using 6 or 9 as G, 5 as S, and 7 as t, or 1 as i. It's certainly doable, except it just wasn't done at the time (7 only vaguely looks like T, at best). I'd classify 5 and 7 as leet. I've also heard the opinion that 1 as i isn't real leet either.

  • I've used them as leet, and they've been used like that on the GameFAQs <a href="http://boards.gamefaqs.com/">message boards</a> quite frequently. So yes, they would qualify more as leet than hexspeak.

I also object to separating 0xDEADBEEF (and others) and removing decaf. Most hexspeak is 32 bits (hence 0xbaadfeed). And "note the use" makes little sense when the examples come after.

OTOH, there is #C0FFEE (a light greeny cyan), but I've never seen html colors used in this way either (other than by me), so I didn't include it. Elektron 12:23, 2004 May 5 (UTC)

  • And nobody would want coffee that color anyway. Someone might have puked in it. --SheeEttin 01:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
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