(
Extended
Binary
Coded
Decimal
Interchange
Code) Pronounced "
eb-suh-dick." The binary code for text as well as communications and printer control from IBM. This data code originated with the System/360 and is still used in IBM mainframes and most IBM midrange computers. It is an 8-bit code (256 combinations) that stores one alphanumeric character or two decimal digits in a byte.
EBCDIC and ASCII are the two codes most widely used to represent data. See
EBCDIC chart.