Definition of full written for English Language Learners from the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and count/noncount noun labels.
The binary representation of a Decimal value consists of a 1-bit sign, a 96-bit integer number, and a scaling factor used to divide the 96-bit integer and specify what portion of it is a decimal fraction.
The Oracle Concepts guide states that the NUMBER datatype stores fixed and floating-point numbers. A column with the NUMBER datatype can be defined as follows: column_name NUMBER (precision, scale) The precision defines the total number of digits. The scale defines the number of digits to the right of the decimal point. If you specify a negative scale, Oracle Database rounds the actual data to the specified number of places to the left of the decimal point. For example, specifying (7,-2) means Oracle Database rounds to the nearest hundredths .