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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
A message may refer to an order, but not to a session; to a user, but not to a service; to a business transaction, but not to an ACID transaction; to an amount in some currency, but not to a float or a BCD (binary coded decimal).
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT A) (NN message))
(VP (MD may)
(VP (VB refer)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT an) (NN order)))
(PP (, ,) (CC but) (RB not)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN session)) (: ;)
(PP (PP (TO to)
(NP (DT a) (NN user)))
(, ,) (CC but) (RB not)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT a) (NN service)))
(: ;)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT a) (NN business) (NN transaction)))
(, ,) (CC but) (RB not)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT an) (NN ACID) (NN transaction))))
(: ;) (TO to)
(NP (DT an) (NN amount))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT some) (NN currency)))))
(, ,) (CC but) (RB not)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN float)) (CC or)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN BCD)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (JJ binary) (VBN coded) (NN decimal)) (-RRB- -RRB-)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Working on a project proposal (teaching people who are new to networking how to convert binary decimal).
(Parse)
(S1 (S (VP (VBG Working)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN project) (NN proposal)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(S (VP (VBG teaching)
(NP (NP (NNS people))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ new)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NN networking)))))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB convert)
(NP (JJ binary) (NN decimal)))))
(-RRB- -RRB-)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
In July 1953, a 100 – word expansion core memory was added to the system, using binary coded decimal, excess – 3 number representation.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN In)
(NP (NNP July) (CD 1953)))
(, ,)
(NP (DT a) (CD 100) (: -) (NN word) (NN expansion) (NN core) (NN memory))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN added)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NN system)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG using)
(NP (NP (JJ binary) (VBN coded) (NN decimal) (, ,) (NN excess)) (: -)
(NP (CD 3) (NN number) (NN representation))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Apart from this, the 8087 offered an 80 – bit / 18 – digit packed BCD (binary coded decimal) format and 16, 32 and 64 – bit integer data types.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Apart)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (DT this))))
(, ,)
(NP (DT the) (CD 8087))
(VP (VBD offered)
(NP (NP (DT an) (CD 80)) (: -)
(NP (QP (RB bit) (CD /) (CD 18)))
(: -)
(NP (NP (NN digit))
(VP (VBD packed)
(NP (NP (NNP BCD) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (JJ binary) (VBN coded) (NN decimal)) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (NN format)) (CC and)
(NP (CD 16) (, ,) (CD 32) (CC and) (CD 64)))))
(: -)
(NP (NN bit) (NN integer) (NN data) (NNS types))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) is the IBM mainframe counterpart of American Standard Code For Interchange of Information (ASCII).
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (JJ Extended) (JJ Binary) (VBN Coded) (NN Decimal) (NNP Interchange) (NNP Code)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NNP EBCDIC)) (-RRB- -RRB-)))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNP IBM) (NN mainframe) (NN counterpart))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP American) (NNP Standard) (NNP Code))
(PP (IN For)
(NP (NNP Interchange)))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Information)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NNP ASCII)) (-RRB- -RRB-)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This is used for BCD (binary coded decimal) arithmetic, where each byte contains 2 decimal digits (0 – 9) encoded in 4 bits each.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT This))
(VP (AUX is)
(VP (VBN used)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (JJ BCD) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (JJ binary) (VBN coded) (NN decimal)) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (NN arithmetic)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where))
(S (NP (DT each) (NN byte))
(VP (VBZ contains)
(NP (NP (CD 2) (JJ decimal) (NNS digits)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (CD 0) (: -) (CD 9)) (-RRB- -RRB-))
(VP (VBN encoded)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (QP (CD 4) (NNS bits)) (DT each)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Such machines often used binary coded decimal for numbers.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (JJ Such) (NNS machines)) (ADVP (RB often))
(VP (VBD used)
(NP (NP (JJ binary) (VBN coded) (NN decimal))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NNS numbers)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
DESCRIPTION: The DS1307 is a low powerful binary coded decimal (BCD) clock / calendar plus 56 bytes of NV SRAM.
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(S1 (FRAG (NP (NN DESCRIPTION)) (: :)
(S (NP (DT The) (CD DS1307))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ low) (JJ powerful) (JJ binary) (VBN coded) (NN decimal) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NNP BCD) (-RRB- -RRB-) (NN clock) (NN /) (NN calendar)) (CC plus)
(NP (NP (CD 56) (NNS bytes))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP NV) (NNP SRAM))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The committee considered an eight – bit code, since eight bits would allow two four – bit patterns to efficiently encode two digits with binary coded decimal.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NN committee))
(VP (VBD considered)
(S (NP (NP (DT an) (CD eight)) (: -)
(NP (NP (NN bit) (NN code)) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN since)
(S (NP (CD eight) (NNS bits))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB allow)
(NP (CD two) (CD four))))
(: -)
(NP (NN bit) (NNS patterns)))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (ADVP (RB efficiently)) (VB encode)
(NP (NP (CD two) (NNS digits))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (JJ binary) (VBN coded) (NN decimal)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code’ “(“’EBCDIC ’”) is an 8 – bit character encoding (code page) used on IBM mainframe operating systems such as OS, 390, VM and VSE, as well as IBM midrange computer operating systems such as 400 and OS (see also Binary Coded Decimal).
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (JJ Extended) (NNP Binary))
(VP (VBN Coded)
(NP (JJ Decimal) (NNP Interchange) (NNP Code) (POS ')) ('' '') (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) ('' '')
(NP (NN 'EBCDIC) (POS ')) ('' '') (-RRB- -RRB-))))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT an) (CD 8)) (: -)
(NP (NP (NN bit) (NN character) (NN encoding)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NN code) (NN page)) (-RRB- -RRB-))
(VP (VBN used)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NNP IBM) (NN mainframe) (NN operating) (NNS systems)))
(PP (JJ such) (IN as)
(NP (NP (CD OS) (, ,) (CD 390) (, ,) (NNP VM) (CC and) (NNP VSE)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB as) (RB well)
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (NNP IBM) (NN midrange) (NN computer))
(VP (VBG operating)
(NP (NP (NNS systems))
(PP (JJ such) (IN as)
(NP (CD 400) (CC and) (CD OS)))
(PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(VP (VB see) (ADVP (RB also))
(NP (JJ Binary) (VBN Coded) (NN Decimal)))
(-RRB- -RRB-))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
With the MCP – 1 the user selected the frequencies they wanted to monitor by setting them up using binary coded decimal entered via sixteen switches on the front panel.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (PP (IN With)
(NP (DT the) (NNP MCP)))
(: -)
(NP (NP (CD 1))
(SBAR (S (NP (DT the) (NN user))
(VP (VBD selected)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS frequencies))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD wanted)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB monitor)
(PP (IN by)
(S (VP (VBG setting)
(NP (PRP them)) (PRT (RP up))
(S (VP (VBG using)
(NP (NP (JJ binary) (VBN coded) (NN decimal))
(VP (VBN entered)
(PP (IN via)
(NP (NP (JJ sixteen) (NNS switches))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (JJ front) (NN panel)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Usually, counter circuits are digital in nature, and count in binary, or sometimes binary coded decimal.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Usually)) (, ,)
(NP (JJ counter) (NNS circuits))
(VP (VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ digital)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN nature)))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(VP (VBP count)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (NN binary)) (, ,) (CC or)
(NP (ADJP (RB sometimes) (JJ binary)) (VBN coded) (NN decimal)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
You can see that the data itself ought to be sent in Binary Coded Decimal (?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP You))
(VP (MD can)
(VP (VB see)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN data))
(NP (PRP itself)))
(VP (MD ought)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN sent)
(PP (PP (IN in)
(NP (JJ Binary) (VBN Coded) (NN Decimal)))
(-LRB- -LRB-)))))
(. ?)))