Explore: Decimal Values

The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system and denary /ˈdiːnəri/ or decanary) is the standard system for denoting

Densely packed decimal (DPD) is an efficient method for binary encoding decimal digits. The traditional system of binary encoding for decimal digits, known

value, and the lowest nibble indicates the sign of the decimal integer value. Standard sign values are 1100 (hex C) for positive (+) and 1101 (D) for negative

log10(224) ≈ 7.225 decimal digits) for normal values; subnormals have gracefully degrading precision down to 1 bit for the smallest non-zero value. The bits are

symbol can be called a decimal mark, decimal marker, or decimal sign. Symbol-specific names are also used; decimal point and decimal comma refer to a dot

Decimal Day (Irish: Lá Deachúil) in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its respective

GPS devices. Decimal degrees are an alternative to using degrees-minutes-seconds (DMS) notation. As with latitude and longitude, the values are bounded

values: The binary encoding, based on binary integer decimal (BID): The significand is encoded as an unsigned integer written in binary. The decimal encoding

advantage of decimal floating-point representation over decimal fixed-point and integer representation is that it supports a much wider range of values. For example

7976931348623157×10^+308. Because the significand for the IEEE 754 decimal formats is not normalized, most values with less than 16 significant digits have multiple possible