Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code- EBCDIC

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Vakti zamanında IBM tarafından üretilen EBCDIC, ASCII'nin rakibiydi. EBCDIC halen IBM mainframe'lerinde kullanılıyor.

BCDIC
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EBCDIC, extended BCDIC, was IBM's internal data exchange code for the 1130 and System/360,

IBM System/360 MainFrame Neden ASCII'ye Geçemedi
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IBM was a major force for ASCII from the start, pushing for a standard. This included the use of preliminary standards or terminal system.. It was as well intended to be used for the /360 and any later machine, but standardization took longer than expected, so they had to go forward with their own 8 bit code, EBCDIC, based on prior 6 bit and punch card codes.