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{{also|fixed-point}}

==English==
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===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|computing}} A [[fractional number|fractional-number]] representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare [[floating point]] and [[integer]].
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} A value which is unchanged by a [[function]] or other mapping. Formally: a value <math>x</math> for which <math>f(x) = x</math>.
#: {{syn|en|fixpoint}}

====Derived terms====
{{col2|en|Banks-Zaks fixed point|Brouwer fixed-point theorem|Kleene fixed-point theorem|Lefschetz fixed-point theorem|Tarski's fixed-point theorem}}

* {{sense|mathematics}} {{l|en|attractor}}
* {{l|en|idempotence}}
* {{l|en|nullipotence}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|value unchanged by a mapping}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|不動點|tr=bùdòngdiǎn}}, {{t+|cmn|定點|tr=dìngdiǎn}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|pevný bod|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kiintopiste}}
* French: {{t+|fr|point fixe|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σταθερής υποδιαστολής|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|fixpont}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|固定小数点|tr=こていしょうすうてん, kotei shōsūten|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|қозғалмайтын нүкте}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|ponto fixo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|punct fix|n}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|punto fijo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fixpunkt|c}}
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|fiksna točka|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fixpunkt|c}}
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===Adjective===
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# {{lb|en|computing}} Pertaining to [[fixed point#Noun|fixed point]] representations or operations.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|fixed-point}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|floating point}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|in computing}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|定点|tr=ding6 dim2}}, {{t|yue|定點|tr=ding6 dim2}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|定点|tr=tēng-tiám}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|定點|tr=tēng-tiám}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|定点|tr=dìngdiǎn}}, {{t+|cmn|定點|tr=dìngdiǎn}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kiinteä|kiinteän]] [[pilkku|pilkun]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|virgule fixe|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Fixkomma}}-
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|fixpontos}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|stałoprzecinkowy|m}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|sabit noktalı}}
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{{C|en|Functions}}