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floating point number
tech. Gleitkomma-Zahl n; Fließkommazahl f; Gleitpunktzahl f
floating-point number
gen. Gleitkommazahl f
comp., MS Gleitkommazahl f (A number represented by a mantissa and an exponent according to a given base. The mantissa is usually a value between 0 and 1. To find the value of a floating-point number, the base is raised to the power of the exponent, and the mantissa is multiplied by the result. Ordinary scientific notation uses floating-point numbers with 10 as the base. In a computer, the base for floating-point numbers is usually 2)
IT Fließkommazahl f
microel. Gleitpunktzahl f (numeral)