固こ定てい小しょう数すう点てん方ほう式しき

noun

fixed-point representation; fixed decimal mode

Computing term for a numeric representation where the decimal point is fixed, as opposed to floating-point.

• 固こ定てい小しょう数すう点てん方ほう式しきは、浮ふ動どう小しょう数すう点てん方ほう式しきに比くらべて精せい度どは低ひくいが、処しょ理りが速はやい。

  Fixed-point representation has lower precision than floating-point, but processing is faster.