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Packed Decimal Defined

A method of encoding 2 pieces of information in a single byte . For instance, instead of storing a digit in one byte and a sign in another byte using a traditional character encoding scheme , a packed decimal format might use a binary number to indicate the value of the digit in 4 bits of the byte and a code indicating whether the digit is positive or negative in the other 4 bits. The International Monetary Fund distributes data in Packed Decimal format.

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