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What does double in JAVA mean?

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A double type in Java is a 64-bit IEEE 754 floating point value. The basics of this data format consists of 3 parts: base, bits, and exponent. The 64-bit specification says that the base is 2, the bits are 53, and the max exponent is 1023. Without going into too much detail, this means that the largest value that a double can store is: (2-2-52)*101023 and with a precision (smallest non-zero number) of 4.9*10-324.

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The double data type is a double-precision 64-bit IEEE 754 floating point. Its range of values is beyond the scope of this discussion. For decimal values, this data type is generally the default choice. This data type should never be used for precise values, such as currency.

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I think it means that an integer,value, number of some sort can be returned for the object identified.

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