Floating point

Meaning

Adj

●

In Mathematics:

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.

●

In Computing:

Of the

of such a number as a

of integers.

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