What is the meaning of Precision of a ?

[ASPboy]

I have difficulty of understading what is the meaning of precision of
integral and float numbers,

INTEGRAL TYPES
signed 32-bit precision?
unsigned 32-bit precision?
signed 32-bit precision?
unsigned 32-bit precision?

FLOATING POINT TYPES
32-bit single precision?
64-bit double precision?

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello ASPboy,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision

A> I have difficulty of understading what is the meaning of precision of
A> integral and float numbers,
A>
A> INTEGRAL TYPES
A> signed 32-bit precision?
A> unsigned 32-bit precision?
A> signed 32-bit precision?
A> unsigned 32-bit precision?
A> FLOATING POINT TYPES
A> 32-bit single precision?
A> 64-bit double precision?
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