Computer Fundamentals - Engineering

Q1:

The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is

A ASCII

B BCD

C EBCDIC

D All of the above

E None of the above

ANS:A - ASCII

EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) : is a binary code for alphabetic and numeric characters that IBM developed for its larger operating systems.

BCD (binary-coded decimal) : is a class of binary encoding of decimal numbers where each decimal digit is represented by a fixed number of bits, usually four or eight.