EBCDIC

n. Computer Science.

A standard code that uses 8 bits to represent each of up to 256 alphanumeric characters.

[E(xtended) B(inary) C(oded) D(ecimal) I(nterchange) C(ode).]

(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.

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[abbreviation, Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code] An alleged character set used on IBM dinosaurs. It exists in at least six mutually incompatible versions, all featuring such delights as non-contiguous letter sequences and the absence of several ASCII punctuation characters fairly important for modern computer languages (exactly which characters are absent varies according to which version of EBCDIC you're looking at). IBM adapted EBCDIC from punched card code in the early 1960s and promulgated it as a customer-control tactic (see connector conspiracy), spurning the already established ASCII standard. Today, IBM claims to be an open-systems company, but IBM's own description of the EBCDIC variants and how to convert between them is still internally classified top-secret, burn-before-reading. Hackers blanch at the very name of EBCDIC and consider it a manifestation of purest evil. See also fear and loathing.

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Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

Dansk (Danish)
n. - EBCDIC, udvidet binær decimal skiftekode

Français (French)
n. - (abrév = extended binary-coded decimal interchange code), (Comput) code d'échange étendu décimal coté binaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - EBCDIC, binärer Austauschcode

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - (Η/Υ) επεκταμένος κώδικας ανταλλαγής δυαδικά κωδικοποιημένων δεκαδικών, (σύνολο χαρακτήρων μεγάλων συστημάτων)

Español (Spanish)
abbr. - (informática) código extendido de binario codificado decimal
n. - (informática) código extendido de binario codificado decimal

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code, (8-bitars teckenkod som används på stordatorer)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
扩充的二进制编码的十进制交换码, 扩充的二-十进制交换码

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 擴充的二進位編碼的十進位交換碼
n. - 擴充的二-十進位交換碼

한국어 (Korean)
abbr. - (컴퓨터) extended binary-coded decimal interchange code (확장 2진화 10진 코드)
n. - (컴퓨터) extended binary-coded decimal interchange code (확장 2진화 10진 코드)

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) نظام تبادل عشري ثنائي موسع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צופן מורכב מ-652 תווים בני 8 סיביות המשמש לאחסון והעברה של נתונים במחשב‬

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