fixed-point

adjective

ˈfikst-ˌpȯint 

variants or fixed point

mathematics

: using, expressed in, or involving a notation in which the number of digits after the point separating whole numbers and fractions is fixed

Fixed-point numbers are analogous to decimals: some of the bits represent the integer part, and the rest represent the fraction.

—David Harris and Sarah Harris

compare floating-point

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above