base 17 is a positional numeral system with seventeen as its base. It uses 17 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 17 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, and g.

base 14 is a positional numeral system with fourteen as its base. It uses 14 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 14 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, and d.