On 2/3/2011 12:56 PM, Jen McVicker wrote: > Can someone explain it to me in small words so > that I will understand? ;-)
Computers do not understand decimal (base 10) numbers. They only truly understand binary (base 2) numbers. Sometimes when converting back and forth between the base 10 numbers we humans like to use and the base 2 numbers that computers have to use, small differences in rounding occur. 99.9% of the time, the computer systems handle these and we humans can ignore the base 2 nature of computers. But sometimes we really must be computer programmers and understand the real world of binary computers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341852 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
