floating-point arithmetic
Floating-point arithmetic refers to a method of performing numerical calculations on real numbers with decimal points, using a fixed number of digits allocated for the whole number and another fixed number of digits allocated for the fractional part. This way, it allows for efficient and accurate representation of a wide range of values, but can introduce rounding errors in certain cases due to finite precision.
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