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{{Mergeto|Fixed-point arithmetic|date=December 2006}}

'''Binary scaling''' is a [[computer programming]] technique used mainly by embedded [[C programming language|C]], [[Digital signal processing|DSP]] and [[assembly language|assembler]] programmers to perform a psuedo [[floating point]] using [[integer]] arithmetic.

It is faster than directly using floating point instructions and is more accurate, but care must be taken not allow [[overflow]].