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Simply put, it's a way of representing numbers with a decimal point (e.g. 3.0 or 0.003). It is accomplished by using a double word which holds the sign bit, mantissa and exponent for scientific notation such as 3 X 10-3. The term Real Number and Floating Point are equivalent.

See also: Integer, Real Number