The Royal Australian Mint recently commemorated a significant milestone: the 60th anniversary of Australia’s transition to decimal currency. This historic event was marked by the unveiling of the 2026 ...

On 14 February 1966, Australia made its official transition to a new Western currency, shifting from the British system of pounds and shillings to one of dollars and cents. It was long overdue, and a ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The precision of a double in Java is 10-324 decimal places, although true mathematical precision ...

Abstract: Even though decimal arithmetic is pervasive in financial and commercial transactions, computers are still implementing almost all arithmetic calculations using binary arithmetic. As chip ...

Abstract: This standard specifies interchange and arithmetic formats and methods for binary and decimal floating-point arithmetic in computer programming environments. This standard specifies ...

Panaji: Someone at the helm of number-crunching for the annual Economic Survey decided to play decimal roulette, particularly with the earnings attributed to govt. The result? Govt’s revenue quietly ...

“Water activity” or “the activity of water” (typically abbreviated as “aw”) is a critical parameter in food science that influences microbial growth and chemical reactions (including enzymatic ...

Happy Pi Day! We celebrate pi on March 14 because 3-14 gives the first three digits of this famous number. But what’s the big deal about pi anyway? Why does it get a day? Well, for starters, it ...