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''"BCD" redirects here. For "Buoyancy Control Device" see [[Buoyancy compensator]].''

'''Binary-coded decimal''' ('''BCD''') is a [[numeral system]] used in [[computing]] and in [[electronics]] systems. In BCD, numbers are represented as a sequence of decimal digits in which each [[numerical digit|digit]] is represented by four [[bit]]s.

==Background==