Fixed-point Notation (Noun)
Meaning
A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The computer program used fixed-point notation to represent monetary values with two digits after the decimal point.
- In fixed-point notation, the number of digits before and after the decimal point is predetermined.
- The calculations were easier to perform when the numbers were written in fixed-point notation with a fixed number of decimal places.
- The accounting software used fixed-point notation to ensure that all currency values were displayed with two digits after the decimal point.
- The programmer chose fixed-point notation to represent the coordinates on the 2D grid, with three digits before and two digits after the decimal point.