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 25 is a positional numeral system with twenty-five as its base. It uses 25 different digits for representing numbers. The digits for base 25 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, and o.