rounding error

British

noun

computing an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding

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Example Sentences

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In Pentagon terms, that is a rounding error.

From Barron's

When those are factored in, the U.S. actual balance of payments is about 0.2% of the country’s gross domestic product, a figure the suit calls “essentially a rounding error.”

From Barron's

For big public companies, the cost of reporting is a rounding error compared to their costs of operations.

From Barron's

“For parents who have an income of $1 million a year, paying for their kids’ cellphone bill, that’s a rounding error,” he says.

From MarketWatch

That is effectively a rounding error for a company with nearly $100 billion in revenue annually.

From The Wall Street Journal

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