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EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE

Specialty Definition: EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE

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Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code /eb's*-dik/, /eb'see`dik/, /eb'k*-dik/, /ee`bik'dik`/, /*-bik'dik`/ (EBCDIC) A character set used on IBM dinosaurs and the AS/400 and e-Server. It exists in at least six mutually incompatible versions, all featuring such delights as non-contiguous letter sequences and the absence of serveral punctuation characters fairly important for modern computer languages. IBM adapted EBCDIC from punched card code early in the 1960s and promulgated it as a customer control tactic (see connector conspiracy). In one variant each character is represented by 5 bits and one code (11111?) switches between character sets. US EBCDIC used more or less the same characters as ASCII, but used different code points. Some ASCII characters did not exist in EBCDIC (e.g. square brackets) and EBCDIC had some (cent sign, not sign) that were not in ASCII. As a consequence, the translation between ASCII and EBCDIC was strictly speaking undefined, and IBM never officially defined a complete one. Users defined one translation which resulted in a so-called de-facto EBCDIC containing all the characters of ASCII, that all ASCII-related programs use. Some printers, telex machines, and even electronic cash registers can speak EBCDIC, but only so they can converse with IBM mainframes. For an in-depth discussion of character code sets, and full translation tables, see Guidelines on 8-bit character codes (ftp://ftp.ulg.ac.be/pub/docs/iso8859/iso8859.networking). Here is a simple translation table: Least significant nibble -> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 ... controls ... 1 2 3 ... controls ... 4 â ä á ã å ç ñ ¢ . < ( + | 5 & é ê ë è í î ï ì ß ! $ * ) ; ^ 6 - / Â Ä À Á Ã Å Ç Ñ ¦ , % _ > ? 7 ø É Ê Ë È Í Î Ï Ì ` : # @ ' = " 8 Ø a b c d e f g h i « » ð ý þ ± 9 ° j k l m n o p q r ª º æ ¸ Æ ¤ A µ ~ s t u v w x y z ¡ ¿ Ð [ Þ ® B ¬ £ ¥ · © § ¶ ¼ ½ ¾ Ý ¨ ¯ ] ´ × C A B C D E F G H I ­ ô ö ò ó õ D J K L M N O P Q R ¹ û ü ù ú ÿ E \ ÷ S T U V W X Y Z ² " Ö ' " Õ F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ³ Û Ü Ù Ú E.g. the EBCDIC code for "A" is hexadecimal "C1". (1999-07-06). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE

Specialty definitions using "EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE": EBCDIC. (references)

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Modern Translation: EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE

Language Translations for "EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

extended binary coded decimal interchange code (EBCDIC), EBCDIC kode (EBCDIC code), EBCDIC (EBCDIC). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC), EBCDIC code (EBCDIC code), EBCDIC (EBCDIC). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

EBCDIC-merkkikoodijärjestelmä (EBCDIC), EBCDIC-koodi (EBCDIC code), EBCDIC (EBCDIC). (various references)

   

French

  

EBCDIC, code EBCDIC. (various references)

   

German

  

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC, EBCDIC code), EBCDIC (EBCDIC, EBCDIC code). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

EBCDIC (EBCDIC). (various references)

   

Italian

  

EBCDIC (EBCDIC), codice EBCDIC (EBCDIC code). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

extendeday inarybay odedcay ecimalday interchangeay odecay

   

Portuguese

  

EBCDIC (EBCDIC), código EBCDIC (EBCDIC code). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

EBCDIC (EBCDIC), código extendido de intercambio decimal codificado en binario (EBCDIC), código EBCDIC (EBCDIC code). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC), EBCDIC-kod (EBCDIC code), EBCDIC (EBCDIC). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 58 54 45 4E 44 45 44      42 49 4E 41 52 59      43 4F 44 45 44      44 45 43 49 4D 41 4C      49 4E 54 45 52 43 48 41 4E 47 45      43 4F 44 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01011000 01010100 01000101 01001110 01000100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000010 01001001 01001110 01000001 01010010 01011001 00100000 01000011 01001111 01000100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000100 01000101 01000011 01001001 01001101 01000001 01001100 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01010010 01000011 01001000 01000001 01001110 01000111 01000101 00100000 01000011 01001111 01000100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#88 &#84 &#69 &#78 &#68 &#69 &#68 &#32 &#66 &#73 &#78 &#65 &#82 &#89 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#68 &#69 &#68 &#32 &#68 &#69 &#67 &#73 &#77 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#73 &#78 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#67 &#72 &#65 &#78 &#71 &#69 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#68 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0058 0054 0045 004E 0044 0045 0044      0042 0049 004E 0041 0052 0059      0043 004F 0044 0045 0044      0044 0045 0043 0049 004D 0041 004C      0049 004E 0054 0045 0052 0043 0048 0041 004E 0047 0045      0043 004F 0044 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

395854394838393823643483552592374938393823839374347354624348543952374235484139237493839

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1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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