"round-off error" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: round-off errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} round-off error (plural round-off errors)
  1. (numerical analysis) The difference between the result produced by a given algorithm using exact arithmetic and the result produced by the same algorithm using finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.
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