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Section 14,80: fixed-point

 Pertaining to a type of computation with real numbers in which the
 decimal point separating whole numbers and fractions is located in
 a single, unchanging (fixed) position.  For example, 99.9 is a
 fixed-point real number.  Contrast with floating-point.


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