Usually means: Decimal number with fractional precision.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (floating-point number)

noun:  A number written in the form a × bᶜ, e.g. 3.75 × 10³ (a being the mantissa, b, the base and c, the exponent).
noun:  (computing) A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.

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