1 definition found From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: fixed-pointA number representation scheme where a number R is represented by an {integer} N such that R=N*B, where B is the (assumed) base of the representation. On computers with no {floating-point unit} fixed-point calculations can be significantly faster as all the operations are basically integer operations. Apart from that, fixed-point representation has the advantage of having uniform density, i.e., the smallest resolvable difference of the representation is B throughout the representable range, in sharp contrast to {floating-point} representations. (1998-05-18)
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