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Single precision

A single precision number is generally considered to be one that occupies a single addressed location in a computer store, as opposed to double precision. Current computing systems are often based on 32-bit numbers, meaning that single precision uses 32-bit numbers and double precision uses 64-bit ones. The number represented can be integer, fixed point or floating point.



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