Meaning Of The Word Floating-point

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floating-point in American English
designating or of a system of arithmetic, used esp. in computer science, having its numbers expressed in scientific notation (Ex.: 0.0003 becomes 3 × 10-4)
noun: a decimal point whose location is not fixed, used esp. in computer operations

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