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The 'bc' command is a simple binary calculator (hence the name bc). It can do simple math and uses arbitrary precision arithmetic. You can designate the scaling, precision, and other values to use in math calculations.

Arbitrary precision arithmetic allows you to exceed the hardware precision of the system you are on, by scaling to any number of significant digits that you may require.

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The 'bc' command is a simple binary calculator (hence the name bc). It can do simple math and uses arbitrary precision arithmetic. You can designate the scaling, precision, and other values to use in math calculations.

Arbitrary precision arithmetic allows you to exceed the hardware precision of the system you are on, by scaling to any number of significant digits that you may require.

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Finite precision arithmetic, solve numeric errors by using the floating point.

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GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library was created in 1991.

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We use BCD in processors that control industrial machines for one.

It is also a good tool for arbitrary precision arithmetic; you can represent very long digit sequences that wouldn't fit in native arithmetic containers on computer systems.

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dc - an arbitrary precision calculator

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