EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters?

8
12
16
32
256
32  EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code ) is a binary code for alphabetic and numeric characters that IBM developed for its larger operating systems. It is the code for text files that is used in IBM’s OS/390 operating system for its S/390 servers and that thousands of corporations use for their legacy applications and databases. In an EBCDIC file, each alphabetic or numeric character is represented with an 8-bit binary number (a string of eight 0’s or 1’s). 256 possible characters (letters of the alphabet, numerals, and special characters) are defined.

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