Re: [OT] somebody could explain this?

From: Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [OT] somebody could explain this?
Date: 2005-11-04 17:30:56
Message-ID: 1131125456.4892.43.camel@coppola.muc.ecircle.de
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> Floating points numbers are accurate but not precise.

OK, now this one beats me... what's the difference between "accurate"
and "exact" ? I thought both mean something like "correct", but precise
refers to some action and accurate applies to a situation or
description...

I'm actually curios what it means. Merriam-Webster refers for both to
"correct" as a synonym.

Cheers,
Csaba.

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