flyttalsomräkningen
Flyttalsomräkningen, often translated as floating-point conversion or re-calculation, refers to the process of representing and manipulating numbers that have a fractional part in computer systems. Unlike integers, which represent whole numbers, floating-point numbers can represent a wider range of values, including very small and very large numbers, as well as numbers with decimal components. This representation typically uses a format similar to scientific notation, consisting of a significand (or mantissa), an exponent, and a sign.
The conversion to floating-point representation is necessary when a calculation or data type requires the precision