EBCDIC

[ eb-see-dik ]

nounComputers.
  1. a code consisting of 256 8-bit characters and used for data representation and transfer.

Origin of EBCDIC

1
1965–70; e(xtended)b(inary-)c(oded)d(ecimal)i(nterchange)c(ode)

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British Dictionary definitions for EBCDIC

EBCDIC

/ (ˈɛbsɪˌdɪk) /


n acronym for
  1. extended binary-coded decimal-interchange code: a computer code for representing alphanumeric characters

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