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:''This article is about fixed-point arithmetic in computing. For themathematical generalfixed conceptpoints, see [[fixed point (mathematics)]]''.
 
In [[computing]], a '''fixed-point number''' representation is a [[real data type]] for a number that has a fixed number of digits after the decimal (or binary or hexadecimal) point.