BCD

(chemical engineering) barrels per calendar day

BCD

binary coded decimal

BCD

(Binary Coded Decimal) The storage of numbers in which each decimal digit is converted into binary and stored in a single character or byte. For example, a 12-digit number would take 12 bytes. See binary numbers.

BCD and Binary

The BCD method codes each decimal digit in binary and stores it in its own byte. The binary method converts the entire decimal number into a binary number. In the binary example above, the 1 in the left byte is the ninth bit starting from the rightmost bit in the right byte (256-128-64-32-16-8-4-2-1-0).

How Numbers Are Stored

BCD is one of four primary ways numbers are stored in the computer.

BCD

Acronym	Definition
BCD➣Binary-Coded Decimal
BCD➣Birth Control Device
BCD➣Binary Coded Decimal
BCD➣Boot Configuration Data
BCD➣Bolt Circle Diameter (civil engineering)
BCD➣Banking Consolidation Directive (EU)
BCD➣Buoyancy Control Device (SCUBA diving)
BCD➣Broadcast Communications Division (Harris Corporation)
BCD➣Baylor College of Dentistry
BCD➣Boot Connection Device
BCD➣Blank Compact Disc
BCD➣Bootable Compact Disc
BCD➣Battlefield Coordination Detachment
BCD➣Blues City Deli (St. Louis, MO)
BCD➣Bipolar CMOS DMOS (smart power IC technology)
BCD➣Behind Closed Doors
BCD➣Bad Conduct Discharge
BCD➣Board Certified Diplomate
BCD➣Blue Compact Dwarf (galaxy)
BCD➣Bibliothèque Centre Documentaire (French: Library Documentation Center)
BCD➣Barrels Per Calendar Day
BCD➣Beirut Central District
BCD➣Best Can Do (computing)
BCD➣Building Control Department (various locations)
BCD➣Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester (South Carolina)
BCD➣Big Chicken Dinner (military slang for a bad conduct discharge)
BCD➣Banque Centrale de Djibouti
BCD➣Binary Coded Data
BCD➣Bulk Chemical Distribution
BCD➣British Columbia Dragoons
BCD➣Baseline Configuration Document
BCD➣Bietti Crystalline Corneoretinal Dystrophy
BCD➣Bistable Cholesteric Display
BCD➣Broadband Content Delivery
BCD➣Basic Christian Doctrine
BCD➣Bacolod, Philippines - Bacolod (Airport Code)
BCD➣Business Conditions Digest
BCD➣Bacterial Carbon Demand
BCD➣Budget Customer Discount
BCD➣Business Cycle Developments
BCD➣Badminton Club de Doullens (Doullens, France)
BCD➣Business Computer Design International, Inc (Hinsdale, IL)
BCD➣Blocked Calls Delayed
BCD➣Biological Conservation Data
BCD➣Blepharocheilodontic (Syndrome)
BCD➣Baseline Configuration Design
BCD➣Brown County Democrats (Ohio)
BCD➣Blind Code Detection
BCD➣Bachelor of Community Design
BCD➣Barcode Decal
BCD➣Budget Change Document
BCD➣Battle Color Detachment
BCD➣Battle Correlator Display
BCD➣Baseline Concept Description
BCD➣Bituminous Coal Division
BCD➣Battelle Columbus Division
BCD➣Basic Change Document (USACE)
BCD➣Battlefield Command Detachment
BCD➣Baseline Change Directive
BCD➣Baseline Concept Definition
BCD➣Block Cable Diagram
BCD➣Biological Chemical Detector
BCD➣Business Component Developer
BCD➣Black Community Developers Program, Inc (Arkansas)
BCD➣Brigade, Corps, Division
BCD➣Buoyancy Compensator/ion Device (SCUBA diving)
BCD➣Borderline between Comfort and Discomfort (vision and light)
BCD➣Birth Control Devices (slang for military-issued eyeglasses)
BCD➣Badminton Club Dijonnais (French: Dijon Badminton Club; Dijon, France)
BCD➣Battlefield Control Detachment
BCD➣Bugatti-Club Deutschland (German car club)
BCD➣Black Crow Designs (various locations)
BCD➣Behind Completion Date
BCD➣Blame Complain Deflect
BCD➣Bordeaux Culture et Découverte (French: Bordeaux Culture and Discovery; Bordeaux, France)