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English
Noun
floating-point number (plural floating-point numbers)
- A number written in the form a × bc, e.g. 3.75 × 103 (a being the mantissa, b, the base and c, the exponent).
- (computing) A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.
- Antonym: fixed-point number
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computing: real number held as a pair of integers, representing the mantissa and the exponent
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