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In [[computing]], '''octuple precision''' is a binary [[floating-point]]-based [[computer number format]] that occupies 32 [[byte]]s (256 [[bit]]s) in computer memory. This 256-[[bit]] octuple precision is for applications requiring results in higher than [[quadruple precision]]. This format is rarely (if ever) used and very few thingsenvironments support it.

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=== Hardware support ===

There is little to no hardware support for itoctuple-precision. Apart from astrophysical simulations, Octuple-precision arithmetic is too impractical for most commercial uses of it, making implementationits of itimplementations very rare (if any).

== See also ==