The degree of accuracy that requires two computer words to represent a number Numbers are stored with 17 digits of accuracy and printed with up to 16 digits
In the JavaTM programming language specification, describes a floating point number that holds 64 bits of data See also single precision
The use, in 32-bit word computers, of a double word of 64 bits to represent real numbers to a precision of approximately 16 significant figures
a measure of accuracy in which 15 significant digits can be stored for a coordinate
Of a computer, capable of processing twice as many columns as the number of digits in the quantities usually processed See precision
An internal representation of numbers that can have fractional parts Double precision numbers keep track of more digits than do single precision numbers, but operations on them are more expensive This is the way awk stores numeric values It is the C type double
The use of two computer words to represent a floating-point value in accordance with the required precision