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• binary-coded decimal
  binary-coded decimal

  noun

  a number in binary code written in groups of four bits, each group representing one digit of the corresponding decimal number
• binary coded decimal
  binary coded decimal

  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.

binary-coded decimal

British  

noun

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

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binary coded decimal Scientific  

1. 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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