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Line 21: ==Character encoding== 18Eighteen-bit machines use a variety of character encodings. The [[DEC Radix-50]], called Radix 50<sub>8</sub> format, packs three characters plus two bits in each 18-bit word.<ref>{{Cite manual\|title=PDP-9 Utility Programs--Advanced Software System--Programmer's Reference Manual\|publisher=[[Digital Equipment Corporation]]\|year=1968\|___location=Maynard, Massachusetts\|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp9/DEC-9A-GUAB-D_UTILITIES.pdf\|archive-date=January 25, 2019\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125062212/http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp9/DEC-9A-GUAB-D_UTILITIES.pdf\|page=A1-1\|chapter=Linking Loader}}</ref>

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