decimalizer
A decimalizer is a device, software component, or algorithm that converts numeric information into decimal notation or into a decimal-scale representation suitable for display, storage, or transmission. The term is used across several domains to describe components that produce human-readable, fixed-decimal representations from internal numeric forms such as integers or fixed-point values.
Core functions typically include scaling values by powers of ten, applying rounding or truncation, padding digits
In finance, decimalizers convert internal monetary units (for example, cents) into a standard currency display with
Implementation can be hardware-based (display decoders and digital-to-analog drivers) or software-based (formatting libraries, microservices). Design considerations
See also: fixed-point arithmetic, decimal floating-point, number formatting, BCD encoding.