Wednesday 20 July 2011

What are the differences between ASCII & EBCDIC?

Sl.No
ASCII
EBCDIC
1.
Two types i) ASCII-7 ii) ASCII-8
Only one type EBCDIC-8
2.
All computers are including P.C and main-frame used the ASCII code.
Large computing systems are used EBCDIC code.
3.
In ASCII-8, 8th bit is used for parity bit or it may be permanently 1 or 0.
EBCDIC code is an 8-bit code without parity, but 9th bit can be used for parity.

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