2006-06-20 00:28:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) is an 8-bit character encoding (code page) used on IBM mainframe operating systems, like z/OS, OS/390, VM and VSE, as well as IBM minicomputer operating systems like OS/400 and i5/OS. It is also employed on various non-IBM platforms such as Fujitsu-Siemens' BS2000/OSD, HP MPE/iX, and Unisys MCP. It descended from punched cards and the corresponding six bit binary-coded decimal code that most of IBM's computer peripherals of the late 1950s and early 1960s used.
2006-06-20 02:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by mikos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abbreviation of Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code. Pronounced eb-sih-dik, EBCDIC is an IBM code for representing characters as numbers.
Is used on large IBM computers (Mainframes)
Most other computers use ASCII
2006-06-20 08:03:49 · answer #2 · answered by chrome_rider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋