Editing Hexspeak (section)

{{Short description|Novelty form of variant English spelling}}
'''Hexspeak''' is a novelty form of variant [[English language|English]] spelling using the hexadecimal digits. Created by programmers as memorable [[magic number (programming)|magic numbers]], hexspeak words can serve as a clear and unique identifier with which to mark memory or data.

[[hexadecimal|Hexadecimal notation]] represents numbers using the 16 digits <code>0123456789ABCDEF</code>. Using only the letters <code>ABCDEF</code> it is possible to spell several words. Further words can be made by treating some of the decimal numbers as letters - the digit "<code>0</code>" can represent the letter "O", and "<code>1</code>" can represent the letters "I" or "L". Less commonly, "<code>5</code>" can represent "S", "<code>7</code>" represent "T", "<code>12</code>" represent "R" and "<code>6</code>" or "<code>9</code>" can represent "G" or "g", respectively. Numbers such as <code>2</code>, <code>4</code> or <code>8</code> can be used in a manner similar to [[leet]] or [[rebus]]es; e.g. the word "defecate" can be expressed either as <code>DEFECA7E</code> or <code>DEFEC8</code>.