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numeric promotion en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The conversion of a numeric data type into one that can hold more information. For example, the conversion of a long into a double.
    • Numeric promotion is not a general feature of the Java programming language, but rather a property of the specific definitions of the built-in operations. 2000, James Gosling, The Java Language Specification, page 78:

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numeric promotions Number=Plur lexicographic