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8421 CODE OR BCD CODE

8421 CODE OR BCD CODE

The decimal numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 can be expressed in Binary numbers as shown in the following table. All these binary numbers again expressed in the last column by expanding into 4 bits. As per the weighted binary digits, the 4 Bit binary numbers can be expressed according to their place value from left to right as 8421 (2³ 2² 2¹ 2⁰ = 8421).

DECIMAL NUMBER
BINARY NUMBER
4 BIT EXPRESSION(8421)
0
0
0000
1
1
0001
2
10
0010
3
11
0011
4
100
0100
5
101
0101
6
110
0110
7
111
0111
8
1000
1000
9
1001
1001

As per the above expression all the decimal numbers written in the 4 Bit binary code in the form of 8421 and this is called as 8421 Code and also as Binary coded decimal BCD.