EBCDIC

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EBCDIC

(computing) Acronym of Extended Binary-Coded-Decimal Interchange Code, an 8-bit character set and encoding representing 256 alphanumeric and special characters, devised by and used primarily by IBM.

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Criticism and humor Open-source software advocate and hacker Eric S. Raymond writes in his Jargon File that EBCDIC was almost universally loathed by early hackers and programmers. Source: Internet

Both ASCII and EBCDIC character codes for the digits are examples of zoned BCD, and are also shown in the table. Source: Internet

For that function, it also plays the same role of filler as the Delete code in ASCII (and in other 7-bit or 8-bit encodings, including EBCDIC for punched cards). Source: Internet

Hackers blanch at the very name of EBCDIC and consider it a manifestation of purest evil. Source: Internet

By using all eight bits EBCDIC may have encouraged the use of the eight-bit byte by IBM, while ASCII was more likely to be adopted by systems with 36 bits (as five seven-bit ASCII characters fit into one word). Source: Internet

EBCDIC -based systems cannot handle all characters used in UUencoded data. Source: Internet

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