binary-coded decimal

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a number in binary code written in groups of four bits, each group representing one digit of the corresponding decimal numberAbbreviation: BCD

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Example sentences from the Web for binary-coded decimal

There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Coded references to risqué and sexual matters were catnip to the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter.
When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive|Laurence Maslon|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A “system of systems” approach was evident in the biggest thinly coded message at Zhuhai.
How China Will Track—and Kill—America’s Newest Stealth Jets|Bill Sweetman|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And it is difficult to object to same-sex marriage when so many binary-defying unions have already taken place.
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages|Candida Moss|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And this, in turn, reinforced the religious vision of a God-given binary.
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages|Candida Moss|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For example, all stage directions were indented the same amount from the left margin and coded as hanging paragraphs.
Chains|Elizabeth Baker
The first decimal trituration was given in doses of two grains gradually increased to ten grains every two hours.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw
On this principle is founded the admirable binary nomenclature of botany and zoology.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
There was one program that hadn't been coded into the machines yet.
Meeting of the Board|Alan Edward Nourse
All saw timber is scaled by the Scribner Decimal C log rule.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker

Scientific definitions for binary-coded decimal

binary coded decimal

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A code in which a string of four binary digits represents each decimal number 0 through 9 as a means of preventing calculation errors due to rounding and conversion. For example, since the binary equivalent of 3 is 0011 and the binary equivalent of 6 is 0110, 36 is represented as 0011 0110.

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