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...aspect of life in our modern world. Digital electronics is at the heart of computers, but there are many direct applications of digital electronics. Since computers are [[electronics]] devices, all the information they work with has to be d ...

|decimal || ε || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 At their most fundamental level, digital computers and telecommunications devices (as opposed to [[analog signal|analog]] devi ...

...f name="IEC"/> It is therefore equal to the information contained in one [[decimal digit]] (or dit), assuming ''[[A priori probability|a priori]]'' equiprobab ...cimal digits are slightly ''less'' information than 10 binary digits, so 1 decimal digit is slightly ''less'' than {{frac|10|3}} binary digits.}} A '''deciban ...

| [[Decimal]] ...London: William Tegg | year = 1860}}</ref> The first sixty digits of its [[decimal]] expansion are: ...

...arts without removing any tokens, by use of the digit 4 to the left of the decimal point. This is similar to the move in [[Grundy's game]], which is to split to signify the repeating part as in a [[repeating decimal]]. It is important to realize, however, that the repeating part does not p ...

...r the mathematicians [[Krishnaswami Alladi]] and Charles Grinstead). The [[decimal representation]] of the Alladi–Grinstead constant begins, ...long the constant stretches can be.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Computers in Number Theory|last=Erdős|first=Paul|authorlink=Paul Erdős |publisher=[[A ...

...(exponential) notation in the IBM System/360 and System/370 generations of computers. The "characteristic" (exponent) took the form of a seven-bit excess-64 num ! Decimal ...

.../113"> \tfrac{355}{113} </math> was an accurate estimate of pi to within 6 decimal places and was the most accurate estimate for 1,000 years until [[arabic nu ...at has a repeating pattern of [[Numerical digit|digits]] when expressed in decimal form. In the 18th century, [[Johann Heinrich Lambert|Johann Lambert]] found ...

...hout computing the preceding digits. This does ''not'' compute the ''n''th decimal digit of {{pi}} (i.e., in base 10).<ref>{{cite web ...ast1=Plouffe |first1=Simon |title=A formula for the $n^&#123;\rm th&#125;$ decimal digit or binary of $π$ and powers of $π$ |date=2022 |class=math.NT }}</ref> ...

...ratic equations]], and calculates the [[square root of 2]] correct to five decimal places ...the circle]] and also calculates the [[square root]] of 2 correct to five decimal places ...

! [[Decimal|Dec]] A simpler example of the same logic would be how a three-digit [[Binary-coded decimal|BCD number]] would take up 12 bits, such as 987: <code>9 8 7</code><sub>(ba ...

* [[Decimal]]: The standard [[Hindu–Arabic numeral system]] using base ten. * [[Binary numeral system|Binary]]: The base-two [[numeral system]] used by computers, with digits 0 and 1. ...

...briefly to attend a seminar and short course at UCLA concerned with giant computers. The seminar reviewed such machines as STRETCH, LARC, ATLAS, ILLIAC II, and * Arithmetic Calculator (BCD ALU): Designed for operations involving decimal numbers, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. ...

...two decimal expansions (see [[0.999...]]); the other real numbers have one decimal expansion.}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Real number |url=https://www.oxfordrefere ...auchy sequence]]s (of rational numbers), [[Dedekind cut]]s, and infinite [[decimal representation]]s. All these definitions satisfy the axiomatic definition a ...

Reid's interest in number theory was sparked by her sister's use of computers to discover [[Mersenne prime]]s. She published an article on a closely rela The twelve chapters of ''From Zero to Infinity'' are numbered by the ten decimal digits, <math>e</math> ([[e (mathematical constant)|Euler's number]], appro ...

...pular constants have been studied throughout the ages and computed to many decimal places. ...aic number]]. Its numerical value [[truncation|truncated]] to 50 [[decimal|decimal places]] is: ...

...prietary software]] program developed by [[Atari, Inc.]] for [[Atari 8-bit computers]] and published in 1979. It incorporates the functionality of a [[scientifi ...gether with the [[Atari DOS#DOS 2.0|Atari DOS 2.0]], for the [[Atari 8-bit computers]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 2024 |title=Atari Calcu ...

...nstead of 1024 and 2048&nbsp;GB (as 1&nbsp;TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes in decimal terms, but 1,099,511,627,776 in binary). |date=April 2017 |reason=An unsour ...the additional 7.37% of capacity available from the difference between the decimal and binary gigabyte.<ref name="Jim_Bagley" /><ref name="Smith_2012" /> Mid- ...

...s binary values. In this clock, each column of LEDs shows a [[binary-coded decimal]] numeral of the traditional [[sexagesimal]] time.]] | 10 || [[Decimal]], denary || Most widely used by contemporary societies<ref>''The History o ...

...Query Language (SQL): a tutorial using relational calculus]; ''Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching'' {{ISSN|0731-9258}} Volume 23, Issue 2 * <code>NUMERIC(<var>precision</var>, <var>scale</var>)</code> or <code>DECIMAL(<var>precision</var>, <var>scale</var>)</code> ...