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Is BCD an 8-bit code?
Binary Coded Decimal, or BCD, is another process for converting decimal numbers into their binary equivalents. It is a form of binary encoding where each digit in a decimal number is represented in the form of bits. This encoding can be done in either 4-bit or 8-bit (usually 4-bit is preferred).
How many code is BCD?
four bits
Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) code BCD is a way to express each of the decimal digits with a binary code. In the BCD, with four bits we can represent sixteen numbers (0000 to 1111). But in BCD code only first ten of these are used (0000 to 1001). The remaining six code combinations i.e. 1010 to 1111 are invalid in BCD.
How many bits are used to store a BCD digit?
4-bit
Binary-coded decimals are an easy way to represent decimal values, as each digit is represented by its own 4-bit binary sequence which only has 10 different combinations….4.6.
| Decimal Symbol | BCD Digit |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0000 |
| 1 | 0001 |
| 2 | 0010 |
| 3 | 0011 |
What is the highest 4-bit BCD number?
Whereas a 4-bit hexadecimal number is valid up to F16 representing binary 11112, (decimal 15), binary coded decimal numbers stop at 9 binary 10012.
What is BCD and Ebcdic?
In unpacked BCD, only 10 of the 256 possible bit patterns in each byte are used. A 16 bit quantity can represent the range 0-65535 in binary, 0-9999 in packed BCD and only 0-99 in unpacked BCD. EBCDIC. Abbreviation of Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code.
Why BCD is called 8421?
The BCD8421 code is so called because each of the four bits is given a ‘weighting’ according to its column value in the binary system. The least significant bit (lsb) has the weight or value 1, the next bit, going left, the value 2. 2410 in 8 bit binary would be 00011000 but in BCD8421 is 0010 0100.
What is BCD ( binary coded decimal)?
Binary Coded Decimal, or BCD, is another process for converting decimal numbers into their binary equivalents. It is a form of binary encoding where each digit in a decimal number is represented in the form of bits.
What is BCD in computer network?
Binary Coded Decimal, or BCD, is another process for converting decimal numbers into their binary equivalents. It is a form of binary encoding where each digit in a decimal number is represented in the form of bits. This encoding can be done in either 4-bit or 8-bit (usually 4-bit is preferred).
What is the range of one unpacked BCD byte?
Decimal: 9 1 Binary : 1001 0001. Hence the numerical range for one unpacked BCD byte is zero through nine inclusive, whereas the range for one packed BCD is zero through ninety-nine inclusive.
Why is BCD not an efficient way to store numbers?
However, while BCD is easy to code and decode, it is not an efficient way to store numbers. In the standard 8421 BCD encoding of decimal numbers, the number of individual data bits needed to represent a given decimal number will always be greater than the number of bits required for an equivalent binary encoding.