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'''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 pseudo [[floating point]] using [[integer]] arithmetic.

It is both faster and more accurate than directly using floating point instructions, however but care must be taken to [[overflow]].

A position for the virtual 'binary point' is taken, and then subsequent arithetic operations