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What does EBCDIC stand for?

  1. Easy But Concise Decimal Information Counter

  2. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

  3. Extended Binary Control Decimal Interchange Code

  4. Extended Binary Code Decimal Interchange Control
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Explanation

EBCDIC is a character encoding standard developed by IBM for mainframe computers. The full name is Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code, which accurately describes its function as an extension of BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) for representing characters in binary format for data interchange.

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