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In [[computing]], '''decimal64''' is a [[decimal floating point|decimal floating-point]] [[computer number format]] that occupies 8 bytes (64 bits) in computer memory.
Decimal64 is a decimal floating-point format, formally introduced in the [[IEEE 754-2008 revision|2008 revision]]<ref name="IEEE-754_2008">{{cite book |title=IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic |author=IEEE Computer Society |date=2008-08-29 |publisher=[[IEEE]] |id=IEEE Std 754-2008 |doi=10.1109/IEEESTD.2008.4610935 |ref=CITEREFIEEE_7542008 |isbn=978-0-7381-5753-5 |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4610935 |access-date=2016-02-08}}</ref> of the [[IEEE 754]] standard, also known as ISO/IEC/IEEE 60559:2011.<ref name="ISO-60559_2011">{{cite journal |title=ISO/IEC/IEEE 60559:2011 |url=http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=57469 |date=2011 |access-date=2016-02-08}}</ref>
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