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Well, any computer ever made has some sort of limit to how much it can store. For example, the number Pi has an infinite number of digits, so no computer could ever store Pi accurately because it's infinite in size. But, for just about any practical purpose, numbers can be stored accurately *enough*. It all depends on what you need those numbers for -- store only as much as you need to do the task at hand.

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