<s>
FIELDATA	B-Device
(	O
also	O
written	O
as	O
Fieldata	B-Device
)	O
was	O
a	O
pioneering	O
computer	O
project	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
Army	O
Signal	O
Corps	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1950s	O
that	O
intended	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
single	O
standard	O
(	O
as	O
defined	O
in	O
MIL-STD-188A/B/C	O
)	O
for	O
collecting	O
and	O
distributing	O
battlefield	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
respect	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
thought	O
of	O
as	O
a	O
generalization	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
Air	O
Force	O
's	O
SAGE	B-Device
system	I-Device
that	O
was	O
being	O
created	O
at	O
about	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
SAGE	B-Device
,	O
FIELDATA	B-Device
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
much	O
larger	O
in	O
scope	O
,	O
allowing	O
information	O
to	O
be	O
gathered	O
from	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
sources	O
and	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
FIELDATA	B-Device
system	O
was	O
the	O
specifications	O
for	O
the	O
format	O
the	O
data	O
would	O
take	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
character	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
that	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
huge	O
influence	O
on	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FIELDATA	B-Device
also	O
specified	O
the	O
message	O
formats	O
and	O
even	O
the	O
electrical	O
standards	O
for	O
connecting	O
FIELDATA-standard	O
machines	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
FIELDATA	B-Device
project	O
was	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
construction	O
of	O
computers	O
at	O
several	O
different	O
scales	O
,	O
from	O
data-input	O
terminals	O
at	O
one	O
end	O
,	O
to	O
theatre-wide	O
data	O
processing	O
centers	O
at	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
FIELDATA-standard	O
computers	O
were	O
built	O
during	O
the	O
lifetime	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
transportable	O
MOBIDIC	B-Device
from	O
Sylvania	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
BASICPAC	O
and	O
LOGICPAC	O
from	O
Philco	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
FIELDATA	B-Device
did	O
not	O
specify	O
codes	O
for	O
interconnection	O
and	O
data	O
transmission	O
control	O
,	O
different	O
systems	O
(	O
like	O
"	O
STANDARD	O
FORM	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
COMLOGNET	O
Common	O
language	O
code	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
SACCOMNET	O
(	O
465L	O
)	O
Control	O
Code	O
"	O
)	O
used	O
different	O
control	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FIELDATA	B-Device
is	O
the	O
original	O
character	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
used	O
internally	O
in	O
UNIVAC	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
1100	B-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
each	O
six-bit	O
character	O
contained	O
in	O
six	O
sequential	O
bits	O
of	O
the	O
36-bit	O
word	O
of	O
that	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
direct	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
UNIVAC	O
1100	O
is	O
the	O
Unisys	O
2200	B-Device
series	I-Device
computers	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
FIELDATA	B-Device
(	O
although	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
is	O
now	O
also	O
common	O
with	O
each	O
character	O
encoded	O
in	O
1/4	O
of	O
a	O
word	O
,	O
or	O
9	B-Application
bits	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
FIELDATA	B-Device
characters	O
are	O
not	O
represented	O
in	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
Unisys	O
2200	O
uses	O
'	B-Language
^	O
 '	O
,	O
'"'	O
and	O
'	B-Language
_	O
 '	O
characters	O
for	O
codes	O
004oct	O
,	O
076oct	O
and	O
077oct	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FIELDATA	B-Device
project	O
ran	O
from	O
1956	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
stopped	O
during	O
a	O
reorganization	O
in	O
1962	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
01000010:10000133041	O
#Dial	O
1	O
(	O
D1	O
)	O
01000100:10001034042tDial	O
2	O
(	O
D2	O
)	O
01000110:10001135043Dial	O
3	O
(	O
D3	O
)	O
01001000:10010036044Dial	O
4	O
(	O
D4	O
)	O
01001010:10010137045	O
@Dial	O
5	B-Application
(	O
D5	O
)	O
Graphical	O
in	O
COMLOGNET	O
variant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
01010010:10100141051	O
&Dial	O
9	B-Application
(	O
D9	O
)	O
Graphical	O
in	O
COMLOGNET	O
variant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
01110100:11101058072Interpret	O
Sign	O
(	O
INS	O
,	O
ISN	O
)	O
01110110:11101159073Non-Interpret	O
Sign	O
(	O
NIS	O
,	O
NISN	O
)	O
01111000:11110060074Control	O
Word	O
Follows	O
(	O
CWF	O
)	O
01111010:11110161075S.A.C.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
SAC	O
)	O
01111100:11111062076Special	O
Character	O
(	O
SPC	O
)	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
ESC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
01111110:11111163077Delete	O
(	O
DEL	O
)	O
Primary	O
code	O
(	O
tag	O
bit	O
1	O
)	O
10000001:00000064100Master	O
Space	O
(	O
MS	B-Language
)	O
10000011:00000165101Upper	O
Case	O
(	O
UC	O
)	O
10000101:00001066102Lower	O
Case	O
(	O
LC	O
)	O
10000111:00001167103Tab	O
(	O
HT	O
)	O
10001001:00010068104Carriage	O
Return	O
(	O
CR	O
)	O
10001011:00010169105Blank	O
/	O
Space	O
(	O
SP	O
)	O
10001101:00011070106A	O
10001111:00011171107B	O
10010001:00100072110C	O
10010011:00100173111D	O
10010101:00101074112E	O
10010111:00101175113F	O
10011001:00110076114G	O
10011011:00110177115H	O
10011101:00111078116I	O
10011111:00111179117J	O
10100001:01000080120K	O
10100011:01000181121L	O
10100101:01001082122M	O
10100111:01001183123N	O
10101001:01010084124O	O
10101011:01010185125P	O
10101101:01011086126Q	O
10101111:01011187127R	O
10110001:01100088130S	O
10110011:01100189131T	O
10110101:01101090132U	O
10110111:01101191133V	O
10111001:01110092134W	O
10111011:01110193135X	O
10111101:01111094136Y	O
10111111:01111195137Z	O
11000001:10000096140	O
)	O
11000011:10000197141	O
-	O
11000101:10001098142	O
+	O
11000111:10001199143xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
11001101:100110102146_	O
&	O
in	O
UNIVAC	O
.	O
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