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Two hex digits represent a single byte. This is because each hex digit corresponds to 4 bits, and since there are 8 bits in a byte, it takes 2 hex digits (4 bits each) to make up 1 byte.

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What is the largest hex number represented in bytes?

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What do you do if you have 2 variables on a HEX code but you need 3 variables?

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