How to use Google's calculator: convert to hexadecimal, bin

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How to use Google's calculator: convert to hexadecimal, binary, and decimal

One of Google's goals is that you should be able to throw just about anything into a search box (package tracking numbers, airline flight numbers, etc.) and Google will try to do something reasonable, such as return the status of a flight. Recently I was trying to reverse engineer a USB protocol and needed to convert some numbers between base 16 (hexadecimal) and base 10 (decimal). On a hunch, I threw the conversion into a Google search box. Sure enough, it worked fine.

Converting hexadecimal to decimal with a search query like [[url=http://www.google.com/search?q=0x607a in decimal]0×607a in decimal[/url]]:

Convert decimal to hexadecimal with a Google query like [[url=http://www.google.com/search?q=1854 in hex]1854 in hex[/url]]:

You can even convert hexadecimal to binary with a query like [[url=http://www.google.com/search?q=0x770 in binary]0×770 in binary[/url]]:

Of course, you can also use alternate queries like [[url=http://www.google.com/search?q=convert 0x770 to base 2]convert 0×770 to base 2[/url]]. Pretty handy.

Bonus tip: did you know that you can do currency conversion too? Just type something like [[url=http://www.google.com/search?q=one dollar in yuan]one dollar in yuan[/url]]:

If you have favorite tips for searches, leave them in the comments.

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