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double-precision: characterized by the use of two computer-words to represent a digit,for a number
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

double-precision: the processing of data arithmetically whereby the operands occupy two words of memory to achieve additional precision in the results of the calculations
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

multiple-precision: pertaining to the use of two or more computer words to represent a single numeric quantity or numeral,i.e.,with twice as many or more digits as are normally carried in a fixed-length word
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

precision: a) a measure of the ability to distinguish between nearly equal values; for example, four-place numerals are less precise than six-place numerals; nevertheless, a properly computed four-place numeral may be more accurate than an improperly computed six-place numeral; b) the degree of discrimination with which a quantity is stated; for example, a three-digit numeral discriminates among 1000 possibilities
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

precision: the closeness with which an estimate approaches the average of a long series of estimates made under similar conditions
Category: Standards, measures and testing

precision: repeatability intra-laboratory(within laboratory)and reproducibility inter-laboratory(within and between laboratories)variabilities
Category: Technical and industry in general

precision: The variation,usually relative standard deviation,in observed values
Category: Physics

single-precision: pertaining to the use of one computer word to represent a number in accordance with the required position
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

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