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decimals

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plural of decimal

as in fractions

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The refresh rate of E Ink panels is on the order of fractions of a second, too slow for any sort of video content, and the display is monochrome to boot.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
In a fast-moving game, players are constantly processing visual information, tracking movement and making decisions in fractions of a second.

— George Toh, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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To assess their computing potential, the researchers used the devices’ measured electrical characteristics in a convolutional neural network designed to recognize handwritten digits from the standard MNIST dataset.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026
Engineers could represent the two configurations as binary digits, or zeros and ones.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

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