Apropos of this topic, one of our folks tripped across this definition of "packed decimal": In this case of logic, the actual decimals are so small they are at the nanometer size. That way you can pack millions of them into one space, and when you are done you have a regular sized decimal. (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080716072148AA2K2vs)
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