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- When transferring files between a mainframe and PC, issues can arise due to the different character encoding schemes (EBCDIC and ASCII) used. - Binary and packed decimal fields need to be converted to text before transferring, otherwise their values may change during the byte-by-byte translation process. - For example, the binary value -32,104 stored on a mainframe as X

Author

Ana Luiza Galhumi

Language

EN