What is exactly a float?

Question

ok. i know that said "a floating point number" but can someone explain me better that definition?

Answer 1

Just giving an example,
5 is an integer but 5.0, 5.5, 5.603 etc. are float numbers

Answer 2

Between float and double there is a fundamental difference in how they are written. Read the Standards IEEE-754 single (float) and IEEE-754 double.

Answer 3

a decimal number

Answer 4

The floating point is the decimal point as it can float throughout the number value like 5.327.