(1) Replacing a number with a nearby number that is easier to work with or better reflects the precision of the data. Example: 12,964 rounded to the nearest thousand is 13,000.
The increment in which minutes are used off of a card. For example, 60 second rounding bills the call to the nearest minute
For the purpose of conditional action, for example during use of the IF: command, we represent ``true'' by any real number whose value rounded to the nearest integer is unity, and ``false'' otherwise. A number which is exactly halfway between two whole numbers is rounded to the whole number with the greatest magnitude.
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small"
Limiting the number of bits required to express a number. One or more least significant bits are dropped, resulting in a loss of precision. Rounding is necessary when a value cannot be expressed exactly by the number of bits designated to represent it. See also bit, ceiling (round toward), convergent rounding, floor (round toward), least significant bit, nearest (round toward), precision, truncation, zero (round toward)
a method of reducing the precision of a value while maintaining it's rank of magnitude. For example: a value such as 1.356 will round to 1.36 because we are rounding the 1/1000th value 6, which is equal to or greater than 5 (see also: Truncation).
You can elect to round up, round down or round to the nearest percent. The usual convention used is round up.
When a number is rounded (or rounded off), it is approximated by eliminating the least significant digits. Whole numbers can be rounded to the tens place, hundreds place, thousands place, and so on. Decimals can also be rounded, estimating the number to the nearest tenth, hundredth, thousandth, and so on. Rounding is used to make a number easier to work with. For example, if you know that there are 496 students in your school, you can say that there are approximately 500 students in your school.
Most monetary amounts shown in Tables and Figures have been rounded to the nearest $1000. Where numbers have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of component items and totals. However, actual figures have been used in respect of the membership statistics reported. Most % amounts shown are rounded to one decimal place.
An action performed when a result of an arithmetic operation cannot be represented exactly in a numeric data format. With rounding, the computer changes the result to a close value that can be represented exactly.
Rounding is the process of reducing the number of significant digits in a number. The result of rounding is a "shorter" number having fewer non-zero digits yet similar in magnitude. The result is less precise but easier to use.