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Q.Represent the word PUC in EBCDIC.

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Look up each letter's 4-bit zone and 4-bit digit in the EBCDIC table: P = 1101 0111, U = 1110 0100, C = 1100 0011.

EBCDIC is an 8-bit alphanumeric code, an extension of the 6-bit BCD code in which the zone is widened to four bits, so every character splits into a 4-bit zone group and a 4-bit digit group. Reading the codes for the letters P, U and C from the EBCDIC table:

  • P: zone 1101, digit 0111 →\rightarrow 1101 01111101\,0111 …

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