BCD

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000477",
  "term": "BCD",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Binary-coded decimal, a system for encoding decimal numbers where each decimal digit is represented by its own four-bit binary code. For example, the decimal number 39 is represented as 0011 1001 in BCD, not as a single binary number. This encoding is often used in digital displays and financial calculations where exact decimal representation is required.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "BCD",
    "es": "BCD",
    "fr": "BCD"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/bcd/"
}