![]() So the point of a hex editor is to allow the user to just see and manipulate the 0x4E, ignoring numeric translations like ASCII or EBCDIC. ![]() Take the number 0x4E-does that mean “N”? Well, that’s what 0x4E means in ASCII, but in EBCDIC 0x4E means “+”. Rather, the point is that you’re looking at raw data without a filter, or translation of the data.įor example, ASCII is a translation of data. However, the point isn’t that you’re looking at numbers in hexadecimal after all, these programs allow the user to select other number formats like octal or decimal. “Hex editor” is a bad name because it puts the emphasis on just one of many possible view formats: viewing numbers in hexadecimal. ![]() First, a definition: what is a hex editor? It is a program that allows you to edit raw data, which means data without any translations applied to it.
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