M Muhammad89 New Member Sep 24, 2008 #1 The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using BCD arithmetic on 4-bit words. what is BCD ? Muhammad89
The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using BCD arithmetic on 4-bit words. what is BCD ? Muhammad89
crutschow Well-Known Member Most Helpful Member Sep 24, 2008 #2 Binary Coded Decimal. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded_decimal for more info.