BINARY CODED DECIMAL

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Information on Binary coded decimal (BCD)

Binary coded decimal (BCD) is a coding scheme for the storage of data. The code was originally four-bit and latterly six-bit and later extended to become IBM’s EBDIC.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Binary coded decimal include: 
 
  • Extended Binary-coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC)
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  • ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

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