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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | BCD binary coded decimal. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Census | (Binary Coded Decimal) A numerical representation in which decimal digits are represented by binary numerals. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BCD | English | Bipolar,CMOS and DMOS technique | N/A |
BCD | German | Binaer-codiertes Dezimalsystem | Computing |
BCD | Greek | δυαδικά κωδικοποιημένος δεκαδικός | Computing |
BCD | Swedish | Binärkodat decimaltal | Computing, Post & Telecom |
| DCB, BCD | Spanish | Decimal codificado en binario | Computing, Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: BCD |
| Specialty definitions using "BCD": binary coded decimal ♦ DIBOL ♦ numbering plan identification ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "BCD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "BCD" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "BCD": buffered BCD ♦ serial BCD. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bcd | 101 | bcd review | 4 |
bcd binary | 14 | bcd buddy profile | 3 |
bcd tek | 11 | bcd código | 3 |
bcd tec | 11 | bcd tofu | 3 |
bcd house tofu | 10 | bcd decodificador | 3 |
bcd binary converter | 8 | zeagle bcd | 3 |
bcd code | 8 | scubapro bcd | 3 |
bcd technical | 8 | bcd switch | 3 |
bcd binary conversion | 7 | bcd sumador | 3 |
seaquest bcd | 7 | bcd discount scuba scubapro | 3 |
2000 bcd | 7 | bcd display | 3 |
bcd e520c | 7 | bcd oceanic | 3 |
bcd oregon | 6 | bcd software | 3 |
scuba bcd | 6 | 40xh bcd | 3 |
bcd budget code | 6 | bcd computer | 2 |
bcd codigo | 5 | bcd driver e520c | 2 |
dacor bcd | 5 | bcd switch thumbwheel | 2 |
bcd boss technical | 5 | bcd counter | 2 |
bcd decimal | 5 | sherwood bcd | 2 |
bcd hex | 4 | mare bcd | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "BCD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | buffer binær-kodet decimal (buffered BCD), buffer BCD (buffered BCD), seriel binær-kodet decimal (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), seriel BCD (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), parallel binær-kodet decimal (parallel BCD, parallel binary coded decimal), parallel BCD (parallel BCD, parallel binary coded decimal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | buffered BCD (buffered BCD), seriële BCD (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), parallel BCD (parallel BCD, parallel binary coded decimal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | serielle,binär kodierte Dezimalzahl (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), parallele,binär kodierte Dezimalzahl (parallel BCD, parallel binary coded decimal), gepufferte,binär kodierte Dezimalausgabe (buffered BCD). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σειριακός δυαδικά κωδικευμένος δεκαδικός (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), σειριακός BCD (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), παράλληλος δυαδικά κωδικευμένος δεκαδικός (parallel BCD, parallel binary coded decimal), παράλληλος BCD (parallel BCD, parallel binary coded decimal), απομονωμένος δυαδικά κωδικευμένος δεκαδικός (buffered BCD), απομονωμένος BCD (buffered BCD). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bináris kódolású decimál (binary coded decimal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | bcday BCD serie (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), salida BCD con memoria intermedia (buffered BCD), decimal codificado en binario serie (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), decimal codificado en binario en paralelo (parallel BCD, parallel binary coded decimal). (various references) buffrad BCD-utgång (buffered BCD), binärkodade siffror på seriell form (serial BCD, serial binary coded decimal), parallellt binärkodad siffra (parallel BCD, parallel binary coded decimal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-d" | |
+2 letters: cebid, cubed. | |
+3 letters: abduce, abduct, bached, backed, bardic, becked, bedeck, bodice, bonduc, braced, bucked, cabbed, cabled, cebids, ceboid, combed, cuboid, curbed. | |
+4 letters: abduced, abduces, abducts, abscond, baldric, batched, bawdric, beached, becloud, becrowd, bedecks, bedrock, bedtick, bedunce, belaced, belched, benched, biocide, birched, bitched, blacked, blocked, bodices, bonducs, botched, bounced, bracted, bricked, brocade, buckled, bunched, buncoed, burdock, cabildo, cabined, carabid, carbide, catbird, ceboids, climbed, clubbed, cobbled, codable, cordoba, cowbind, cowbird, crabbed, cribbed, crumbed, cuboids, cudbear, debacle, debauch, debouch, decibel, dibasic, dieback, pedicab, rubidic, scabbed, scribed, sickbed, subacid, subcode, subduce, subduct. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 43 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... -.-. -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000011 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B C D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0043 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363738 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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