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packed decimals

packed decimals is the plural of packed decimal.

Meaning of packed decimal

Noun

packed decimal (countable and uncountable, plural packed decimals)

  1. A storage mode that places two decimal digits into one byte, each digit occupying four bits. The sign occupies four bits in the least significant byte.

Questions about packed decimals

What is packed decimals the plural of?
Packed decimals is the plural of packed decimal.

Words near packed decimals in the dictionary

  1. packed a sad
  2. packed a wallop
  3. packed away
  4. packed cells
  5. packed decimal
  6. packed decimals
  7. packed fudge
  8. packed heat
  9. packed house
  10. packed in
  11. packed like sardines

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