What is the prime factorization of 2008?

The prime factorization of 2008 is 2^3 x 251. This means that 2008 can be expressed as the product of the prime numbers 2 and 251, each raised to the power of their respective occurrences in the factorization. In this case, 2 is raised to the power of 3 because it appears three times in the factorization, while 251 is raised to the power of 1 because it appears once.