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Abbreviation for "Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code", a character encoding used on IBM mainframes and AS400s. It is descended from punched cards. Today outside IBM everyone uses ASCII (and its descendants) instead; EBCDIC is considered a bit of a dinosaur.