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	'''RADIX-50''' is a coding system much used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]], particularly in [[PDP-11]]'s, to hold alphanumeric data in a fairly space-minimal form. It could hold 3 [[character]]s in a single 16-[[bit]] [[word]]. Individual characters were not stored in separate bit fields within the word; rather, a multiplication and addition process was used to combine them.		'''RADIX-50''' is a coding system much used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]], particularly in [[PDP-11]]'s, to hold alphanumeric data in a fairly space-minimal form. It could hold 3 [[character]]s in a single 16-[[bit]] [[word]]. Individual characters were not stored in separate bit fields within the word; rather, a multiplication and addition process was used to combine them.

	The character set supported included the characters ' ' (encoded as 0), '$' (27.), '.' (28.), and '_' (29.; sometimes replaced by '%'), the upper-case letters (1-26), and the decimal digits (30.-39.). 40 different values in total, or 050 - hence the name. To combine the three characters, the first was multiplied by 050, added to the second, and the result multiplied again, to which was added the third.		The character set supported included the characters ' ' (encoded as 0), '$' (27.), '.' (28.), and '_' (29.; sometimes replaced by '%'), the upper-case letters (1-26.), and the decimal digits (30.-39.). 40. different values in total, or 050 - hence the name. To combine the three characters, the first was multiplied by 050, added to the second, and the result multiplied by 050 again, to which was added the third.

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'''RADIX-50''' is a coding system much used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], particularly in [[PDP-11]]'s, to hold alphanumeric data in a fairly space-minimal form. It could hold 3 [[character]]s in a single 16-[[bit]] [[word]]. Individual characters were not stored in separate bit fields within the word; rather, a multiplication and addition process was used to combine them.

The character set supported included the characters ' ' (encoded as 0), '$' (27.), '.' (28.), and '_' (29.; sometimes replaced by '%'), the upper-case letters (1-26), and the decimal digits (30.-39.). 40 different values in total, or 050 - hence the name. To combine the three characters, the first was multiplied by 050, added to the second, and the result multiplied again, to which was added the third.

[[Category: Coding Systems]]

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