EBCDIC

E1B3C3D2I1C3
US/ˈɛbsəˌdɪk/US/ˈɛbsɪdɪk/US, uncommon/ˈɛbkəˌdɪk/

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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Meanings

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  1. abbreviationacronymcomputingAcronym 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.

    Thus, to translate an EBCDIC message into an ASCII one we need a table with 256 one-byte entries. In each position we put the ASCII code that corresponds to that EBCDIC entry.

    1989, D. Russell, The Principles of Computer Networking, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 218
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APA

EBCDIC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EBCDIC

MLA

“EBCDIC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EBCDIC. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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