So , whats that Double thing?

Question

I have seen in the c# lesson that double thing . I haven't seen it before in any other tutorials . So guy , what double means ?

Answer 1

in simple lang double is a data type that can store nos with decimal points int can only store integers.

you should read Udi s answer too it is more perfect my answer was to just explain in simple terms.

Answer 2

double precision is the standard name for floating point numbers represented by 64 bits, compared with single precision, represented by 32 bits.
floating point numbers have 2 parts, mantissa and exponent. The number is represented by mantissa*2^exponent.

For further reading, please see :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_floating_point

Answer 3

ok thx , the guy above speak in Chinese for me