Serial decimal

Serial decimal

In computers, a serial decimal numeric representation is one in which ten bits are reserved for each digit, with a different bit turned on depending on which of the ten possible digits is intended. According to [http://www.tjhsst.edu/~prittman/arch/Chap1/Chap1Old.html] , ENIAC used this representation.


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