Packed decimal specifies a method of encoding decimal numbers by using each byte to represent two decimal digits. Packed decimal representation stores decimal data with exact precision. The fractional ...

The leading zero before a decimal point assists users in recognizing decimal numbers less than one. Without the leading zero a cursory look at a series of digits could easily overlook the small ...

While desktop computers have tons of computing power and storage, some small CPUs don’t have a lot of space to store things. What’s more is some CPUs don’t do multiplication and division very well.