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In {{Glossary("JavaScript")}}, Number is a numeric data type in the double-precision 64-bit floating point format (IEEE 754). In other programming languages different numeric types exist; for example, Integers, Floats, Doubles, or Bignums.

See also

  • Numeric types on Wikipedia
  • The JavaScript type: Number
  • The JavaScript global object {{jsxref("Number")}}
  • Related glossary terms:
    • {{Glossary("JavaScript")}}
    • {{Glossary("Primitive")}}