binary-coded decimal

class of binary encodings of decimal numbers where each decimal digit is represented by a fixed number of bits, usually four or eight. Special bit patterns are sometimes used for a sign or for other indications
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Summary

binary-coded decimal is a computer numbering format[1]. It draws 454 Wikipedia views per month (computer_numbering_format category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • binary-coded decimal's image is recorded as Code BCD.svg[3].
  • binary-coded decimal's instance of is recorded as computer numbering format[4].
  • binary-coded decimal's Commons category is recorded as Binary code[5].
  • binary-coded decimal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0189h[6].
  • binary-coded decimal's facet of is recorded as decimal[7].
  • binary-coded decimal's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0008465[8].
  • binary-coded decimal's described by source is recorded as Lenovo[9].
  • binary-coded decimal's described by source is recorded as Ada Computer Science[10].
  • binary-coded decimal's different from is recorded as decimal floating point[11].
  • binary-coded decimal's different from is recorded as BCD character encoding[12].
  • binary-coded decimal's Treccani ID is recorded as bcd[13].
  • binary-coded decimal's Garzanti Linguistica ID is recorded as BCD[14].
  • binary-coded decimal's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 103020413[15].
  • binary-coded decimal's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as binary-coded-decimal-or-bcd[16].
  • binary-coded decimal's De Agostini ID is recorded as BCD[17].
  • binary-coded decimal's Treccani's Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID is recorded as bcd[18].
  • binary-coded decimal's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as decimal-codificat-en-binari[19].

Why It Matters

binary-coded decimal draws 454 Wikipedia views per month (computer_numbering_format category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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