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sbeak@sopuli.xyz 6 days agoI dunno, I use the two terms interchangeably. Both describe the same thing and you get the idea with both words. “Senidenary” is much less common than “hexadecimal”, so the latter is preferred. But to be fair, it is kind if weird I used denary then hexadecimal. English is strange, it’s many languages in a trenchcoat.
psycotica0@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Hmm. I’ve been in math, computer science, and computer programming for 20 years in English (Canada) and I’ve never heard “denary”. It’s cute, but never once heard anyone say it. So they’re not interchangeable to me 😛
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Yeah I do computer science too, and decimal is more common. But denary is still thrown around, at least in the media I consume.