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description: A decimal floating-point number with 34 significant decimal digits
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base_type: string, number
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layout: default
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---
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# <ahref="..">{{ page.collection }}</a>
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## {{ page.slug }} - {{ page.description }}
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Base type: `{{ page.base_type }}`.
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The `{{page.slug}}` format represents a [128-bit decimal floating-point number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal128_floating-point_format) as defined by IEEE 754 2008 and ISO/IEC/IEEE 60559:2011.
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Representation as a JSON string is preferred as this avoids problems with recipients that parse JSON numbers into [binary64](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-precision_floating-point_format) memory representation.
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String representation allows expressing the special values `NaN`, `-INF`, and `INF` that cannot be expressed as JSON numbers.
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