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  2. Visual acuity - Wikipedia

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    A simple and efficient way to state acuity is by converting the fraction to a decimal: 6/6 then ... human eye is around 6/3–6/2.4 (20/10–20/8), ...

  3. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    Shilling or solidus fractions: 1/2, so called because this notation was used for pre-decimal British currency , as in "2/6" for a half crown, meaning two shillings and six pence. While the notation "two shillings and six pence" did not represent a fraction, the forward slash is now used in fractions, especially for fractions inline with prose ...

  4. Decimal separator - Wikipedia

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    [6] [2] [7] In some specialized contexts, the word decimal is instead used for this purpose (such as in International Civil Aviation Organization-regulated air traffic control communications). In mathematics, the decimal separator is a type of radix point, a term that also applies to number systems with bases other than ten.

  5. Decimalisation - Wikipedia

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    Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are to a power of 10, most commonly 100, and exceptionally 1000; and ...

  6. Decimal - Wikipedia

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    Decimal fractions (sometimes called decimal numbers, especially in contexts involving explicit fractions) are the rational numbers that may be expressed as a fraction whose denominator is a power of ten. [8] For example, the decimal expressions ,,,, represent the fractions ⁠ 4 / 5 ⁠, ⁠ 1489 / 100 ⁠, ⁠ 79 / 100000 ⁠, ⁠ + 809 / 500 ...

  7. Binary number - Wikipedia

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    A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method for representing numbers that uses only two symbols for the natural numbers: typically "0" and "1" ().

  8. Decimal representation - Wikipedia

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    Every decimal representation of a rational number can be converted to a fraction by converting it into a sum of the integer, non-repeating, and repeating parts and then converting that sum to a single fraction with a common denominator. For example, to convert. 8.123 {\textstyle \pm 8.123 {\overline {4567}}} to a fraction one notes the lemma:

  9. Binary-coded decimal - Wikipedia

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    The memory of the IBM 1620 is organized into 6-bit addressable digits, the usual 8, 4, 2, 1 plus F, used as a flag bit and C, an odd parity check bit. BCD alphamerics are encoded using digit pairs, with the "zone" in the even-addressed digit and the "digit" in the odd-addressed digit, the "zone" being related to the 12 , 11 , and 0 "zone ...