The server can now read the header lines of a CGI-script output in EBCDIC format, and then find out that the remainder of the script's output is in ASCII (like in the case of the output of a WWW ...

is represented in binary code. Fortunately, there are only two methods in wide use: EBCDIC and ASCII. IBM's mainframes and midrange systems use EBCDIC. ASCII is used for everything else ...

We were surprised to read that there is actually an EBCDIC version of UTF still officially on the books today: UTF-EBCDIC, a variable-width encoding that uses 1-byte characters designed for IBM ...