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numeric promotion

noun

numeric promotion

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences The conversion of a numeric data type into one that can hold more information. For example, the conversion of a long into a double.

  • Numeric promotion is not a general feature of the Java programming language, but rather a property of the specific definitions of the built-in operations.2000, James Gosling, The Java Language Specification, page 78:

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