Definition:Hexadecimal Notation/Historical Note

Historical Note on Hexadecimal Numbers
Hexadecimal numbers have often been suggested as a base for a new cunting system.

, in his $1872$ work, reported that proposed in $1862$ a completely new number system where the digits from $0$ to $15$ be:
 * Noll, An, De, Ti, Go, Su, By, Ra, Me, Ni, Ko, Hu, Vy, La, Po, Fy

while $16$ be given the name Ton.

It was to follow that Ton-an, Ton-de, etc. were to be used for $17$, $18$, etc.

The number which in the system has the symbol:


 * $28(13)5(11)7(14)0(15)$

was to be pronounced:


 * Detam-memill-lasan-suton-hubong-ramill-posanfy.

also mentions this proposed system in his $1997$

The system was cumbersome, and too arbitrary to catch on, and little note was taken of hexadecimal numbers until the age of computing, at which time the current more streamlined and intuitive convention was adopted.

Hexadecimal numbers, like binary numbers, have particular relevance in the field of computer science.

In that context, a number is usually indicated as being hexadecimal by subscripting $\mathrm H$ or $\mathrm h$ rather than $16$.

That is, $\mathrm{FFFF}_{16}$ would be rendered $\mathrm{FFFF_H}$ or $\mathrm{ffff_h}$, and so forth.