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Fixed point
A fractional-number representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare floating point and integer.
📖 Definitions of "Fixed point"
noun
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A fractional-number representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare floating point and integer.
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A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x) = x.W
adjective
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Pertaining to fixed point representations or operations.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fixed point"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| on-site | On a particular site or in a particular building, as opposed to at a remote site or factory. |
| locational | Having to do with location. |
| sentinelnoun | A sentry, watch, or guard. |
| staticnoun | Unchanging; that cannot or does not change. |
| floating-point numbernoun | (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. |
| real numbernoun | (computing) A floating-point number. |
| single | Not accompanied by anything else; one in number. |
| floating point operationnoun | (computing) Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation. |
| radix pointnoun | (mathematics) The character used to separate the integer and fractional part of a number in a digital representation of a number, regardless of the base used. |
| bignumnoun | (by extension, computing slang) A very large number. |
| floating-point operationnoun | Alternative form of floating point operation. [(computing) Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.] |
| significant figurenoun | (mathematics) A digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement; that is, excluding any leading zeroes, trailing rounding or placeholder zeroes, and non-zero digits not warranted by the accuracy of a derivation or measurement. |
| common fractionnoun | (arithmetic) A fraction in the form of one integer divided by another, non-zero, integer. |
| finite continued fractionnoun | (mathematics) A continued fraction which terminates after a certain number of steps. |
| repeating decimalnoun | (mathematics) A decimal representation of a real number that, at some point, becomes periodic (and repeats some sequence of digits infinitely) |
| precisionnoun | (loosely) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate. |
| unit fractionnoun | (arithmetic) A fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a positive integer; for example, 1/2 or 1/7. |
| half-integernoun | (mathematics) Any number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two; a number equal to some integer plus one half. |
| round numbernoun | A number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes, especially when it is because the number has only a few significant digits. |
| point functionnoun | (mathematics) Any function whose values are points |
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