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floating-point number:
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the floating-point number (floating point)
– A number represented by a mantissa and an exponent according to a given base. The mantissa is usually a value between 0 and 1. To find the value of a floating-point number, the base is raised to the power of the exponent, and the mantissa is multiplied by the result. Ordinary scientific notation uses floating-point numbers with 10 as the base. In a computer, the base for floating-point numbers is usually 2. 1
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| nombre à virgule flottante | floating point; floating-point number | |
| virgule flottante | floating point; floating-point number |
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