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EBCDIC

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC; /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…

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History

IBM System/360ComputersASCIIBinary-Coded DecimalBCDIC
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Criticism and humor

Open-source softwareEric S. RaymondThe Jargon fileHackersVendor lock-in
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Code pages with Latin-1 character sets

Latin-1 character setEuro signCurrency signISO 8859-15Code point
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Compatibility with ASCII

TrigraphsUS centPL/I36-bitPDP-11
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Classification
8-bit basic Latin encodings (non‑ASCII)
Preceded by
BCD

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Code page layout

Definitions of non-ASCII EBCDIC controls

Code pages with Latin-1 character sets

Criticism and humor

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EBCDIC

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples124
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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EBCDIC

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related to External links · 25
EBCDIC → All EBCDIC, August, BS2000, CDRA, Character Data Representation Architecture, Code, Code Pages, Contains IBM's, DBCS EBCDIC, Double Byte Character Set, EBCDIC-code, Host Code Page Reference, IBM, IBM EBCDIC, IBM's CDRA, IBM-related, ICU Character Set Mapping, ICU Converter Explorer Contains, JavaScript, Latin-1-charset
related to Compatibility with ASCII · 20
EBCDIC → ASCII, ASCII LF, Conversely EBCDIC, For, IBM, If, LF, Many, NL, On, PDP-11, PL/I, Software, Sorting EBCDIC, The, The EBCDIC, There, These, US, Workarounds
related to Definitions of non-ASCII EBCDIC controls · 19
EBCDIC → Although, Architecture, ASCII, ASCII EBCDIC, C1, C1-mapped, CDRA, Following, IBM's Character Data Representation, ISO, ISO-IR, ISO/IEC, NEL, New Line, Next Line, NL, Unicode, Unicode Annex, When
related to Code page layout · 17
EBCDIC → ASCII, Chinese, Code Page, English, Greek, ISO, ISO/IEC, It, Japanese, JEF, KEIS, Korean, Latin, Like ASCII, The, There, This
related to history · 15
EBCDIC → ASCII, BCD, BCDIC, Binary-Coded Decimal, Fujitsu FACOM, IBM, IBM System/360, ICL System, Interchange Code, It, RCA Spectra, System/360, The, The System/360, While IBM
related to Code pages with Latin-1 character sets · 8
EBCDIC → CECPs, Country Extended Code Pages, Different, ISO, ISO/IEC, Latin-1, The, They
related to Criticism and humor · 7
EBCDIC → Eric, Jargon File, Open-source, Raymond, The Jargon, The Jargon File, What
Classification · 1
EBCDIC → 8-bit basic Latin encodings (non‑ASCII)
Preceded by · 1
EBCDIC → BCD
see also · 1
EBCDIC → UTF-EBCDIC

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ibm ascii code character used pages set encoding characters ibm's computer sets also use iso decimal page system machine systems

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EBCDICClassification8-bit basic Latin encodings (non‑ASCII)1.00infobox
EBCDICPreceded byBCD1.00infobox
RCA Spectra 70instance oftogether with clones0.80text
ICL System 4instance oftogether with clones0.80text
and Fujitsu FACOMinstance oftogether with clones0.80text
thus so did EBCDIC.All IBM's mainframe operating systemsinstance oftogether with clones0.80text
and its IBM i operating system for midrange computersinstance oftogether with clones0.80text
use EBCDIC as their inherent encodinginstance oftogether with clones0.80text
trigraphs were usedinstance ofWorkarounds0.80text
Chineseinstance ofincluding code pages for non-Latin scripts0.80text
Japaneseinstance ofincluding code pages for non-Latin scripts0.80text
ISO 6630instance ofnor those in other registered C1 control sets0.80text

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