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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 book |last=ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25|title=ISO/IEC/IEEE 60559:2011 — Information technology — Microprocessor Systems — Floating-Point arithmetic |url=https://www.iso.org/standard/57469.html |publisher=ISO |pages=1–58 |date=June 2011}}</ref>
 
== Format ==