Question

ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems.What does EBSDIC stand for?

• A. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• B. Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
• C. Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
• D. Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code

Answer 1

The correct option is A Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems.What does EBSDIC stand for Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code.

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code is an eight-bit character encoding used mainly on IBM mainframe and IBM midrange computer operating systems.

The main difference between the two is the number of bits that they use to represent each character. EBCDIC uses 8 bits per character while the original ASCII standard only used 7, due to concerns that using 8 bits for characters that can be represented with 7 is much less efficient.