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EBCDIC

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EBCDIC  (bs-dk)
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).]

EBCDIC [ˈɛbsɪˌdɪk]
n acronym for
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) extended binary-coded decimal-interchange code: a computer code for representing alphanumeric characters


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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.
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