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hexadecimal or base-16 - a counting system in which each digit can take on one of 16 values, usually using the symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F. Often used in computer programming because each digit maps directly to a group of 4 binary digits (bits).

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7 segment binary to hex

Maybe, if you feel particularly adventurous, you could even use a diode ROM, with perhaps two 74'138 3-to-8 line decoders to decode/drive the stuff. :) Here's a crude schematic of the whole contrapt …
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