floating point
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floating point
adjective floating-point
- Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.
- Of the internal representation of such a number as a pair of integers.
Opposite: fixed point
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adjective
Opposite: fixed point
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| Español | punto flotante, coma flotante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 부동 소수점 budong sosujeom |
| 日本語 | 浮動小数点 fudō shōsūten |
| 中文 | 浮点 fúdiǎn, 浮點 /浮点 fúdiǎn |
| Português | ponto flutuante |
| Français | virgule flottante |
| Deutsch | Gleitkomma |
| Română | virgulă mobilă |
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title = {floating point},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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