EBCDIC

EBCDIC encoding family
Classification8-bit basic Latin encodings (non‑ASCII)
Preceded byBCD

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code[1][2] (EBCDIC;[1] /ˈɛbsɪdɪk/) is an eight-bit character encoding used mainly on IBM mainframe and IBM midrange computer operating systems. It descended from the code used with punched cards and the corresponding six-bit binary-coded decimal code used with most of IBM's computer peripherals of the late 1950s and early 1960s.[3] It is supported by various non-IBM platforms, such as Fujitsu-Siemens' BS2000/OSD, OS-IV, MSP, and MSP-EX, the SDS Sigma series, Unisys VS/9, Unisys MCP and ICL VME.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Mackenzie_1980 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Donovan, John J. (1972). Systems Programming. McGraw-Hill. p. 65. ISBN 0-07-085175-1.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bemer_P-Bit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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