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fixed-point

fixed-point adjective: being or using an internal number representation with a fixed number of decimal places (as opposed to floating-point).

Adjective

fixed-point (not comparable)

  1. Being or using an internal number representation with a fixed number of decimal places (as opposed to floating-point).

Phrases with fixed-point

Questions about fixed-point

What does fixed-point mean?
Fixed-point means being or using an internal number representation with a fixed number of decimal places (as opposed to floating-point).
What part of speech is fixed-point?
Fixed-point is an adjective.

Words near fixed-point in the dictionary

  1. fixed upon
  2. fixed wave
  3. fixed waves
  4. fixed-gear bicycle
  5. fixed-gear bicycles
  6. fixed-point
  7. fixed-point number
  8. fixed-point numbers
  9. fixed-term
  10. fixed-term contract
  11. fixed-term contracts

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