These were not merely binary coded decimal ( BCD ).
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The 6502 is capable of performing addition and subtraction in binary or binary coded decimal.
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A special feature of ZBasic was BCD ( binary coded decimal ) math with accuracy up to 54 digits.
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In July 1953, a 100-word expansion core memory was added to the system, using binary coded decimal, excess-3 number representation.
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The new digital delay box timers used decimal or binary coded decimal thumbwheel switches to set countdown timer values in digital logic.
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Whats the hexadecimal equivalant of the Binary Coded Decimal number 011111000 ? Preceding talk ) 12 : 22, 9 February 2011 ( UTC)
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Occasionally there are advantages to using a counting sequence other than the natural binary sequence such as the binary coded decimal counter, a Gray-code counter.
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For example, a PC program communicates with another computer, one using extended binary coded decimal interchange code ( EBCDIC ) and the other using ASCII to represent the same characters.
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The first commercial microprocessor was the binary coded decimal ( BCD-based ) Intel 4004, developed for calculator applications in 1971; it had a 4-bit word length, but had 8-bit instructions and 12-bit addresses.
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Hence the instruction set was designed to manipulate simple binary numbers, and text, scientific floating-point ( similar to the numbers used in a calculator ), and the binary coded decimal arithmetic needed by accounting systems.