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Bosse, Michael J.; Liu, Fengshan; Nandakumar, N. R. – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2002
Both computers and calculators are limited by architecture, operating system, and software, to some predetermined level of precision within decimal number presentation and calculation. However, there exists a base that produces a terminating decimal. (MM)
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Uses in Education, Decimal Fractions, Higher Education