"bignum" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Short for big number.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bignums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bignum (plural bignums)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
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        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number whose digits of precision are limited only by available memory (as opposed to the usual fixed-point arithmetic)."
      ],
      "id": "en-bignum-en-noun-2jcqXoQd",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "digit",
          "digit"
        ],
        [
          "precision",
          "precision"
        ],
        [
          "memory",
          "memory"
        ],
        [
          "fixed-point",
          "fixed-point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A number whose digits of precision are limited only by available memory (as opposed to the usual fixed-point arithmetic)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 198:",
          "text": "Then there's the membership fee. A serious bignum.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very large number."
      ],
      "id": "en-bignum-en-noun-f0qUMP2S",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, computing slang) A very large number."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪɡnʌm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bignum"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Short for big number.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bignums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bignum (plural bignums)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number whose digits of precision are limited only by available memory (as opposed to the usual fixed-point arithmetic)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "digit",
          "digit"
        ],
        [
          "precision",
          "precision"
        ],
        [
          "memory",
          "memory"
        ],
        [
          "fixed-point",
          "fixed-point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A number whose digits of precision are limited only by available memory (as opposed to the usual fixed-point arithmetic)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 198:",
          "text": "Then there's the membership fee. A serious bignum.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very large number."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, computing slang) A very large number."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪɡnʌm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bignum"
}