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EBCDIC

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EBCDIC
(Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) Pronounced "eb-suh-dick." The binary code for text as well as communications and printer control from IBM. This data code originated with the System/360 and is still used in IBM mainframes and most IBM midrange computers. It is an 8-bit code (256 combinations) that stores one alphanumeric character or two decimal digits in a byte.

EBCDIC and ASCII are the two codes most widely used to represent data. See EBCDIC chart.
EBCDIC [′eb·sə‚dik]
EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code


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Appendices include overviews of UML, ASCII and EBCDIC codes for data representation and forms to use for problem-solving tasks.
Apart from the size there were added complexities: 'Abacus' was an expanding system; files had to be reformatted from ASCII to IBM's EBCDIC code; and it was a transformation from a hierarchical to a relational database system.
ACSII to EBCDIC conversions are made automatically where applicable, as are encryption and decryption.
 
 
 
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