In BCD code, maximum possible characters set size is-

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The correct answer is Character set of 64.

Important Points

BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) is simply the 4-bit binary code representation of a decimal digit.
- Each decimal digit replaced in the integer and fractional parts by its binary equivalent.
- BCD Code uses four bits to represent the 10 decimal digits of 0 to 9.
- BCD code is often called 8421 because the BCD is a weighted code and the weights used in binary coded decimal code are 8, 4, 2, 1.
The first 8-bit Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) introduced by IBM.