Decimal floating point (3 or 4 binary bits), and the rest of the significand uses the densely packed decimal (DPD) encoding. Unlike the binary integer significand version, where the exponent changed position and came before the significand, this encoding combines the leading 2 bits of the exponent and the leading digit (3 or 4 bits) of the significand into the five bits that follow the sign bit. This is followed by a fixed-offset exponent continuation field. Finally, the significand continuation field made of 2, 5, or 11 10-bit "declets", each encoding 3 decimal digits. If the first two bits after the sign bit
Decimal separator an Arabic decimal separator () (in hex U+066B) in Unicode. An Arabic thousands separator () also exists. In Persian, the decimal separator is called "momayyez", which is written like a forward slash—there is a small difference between the "upside-down (Persian) comma" character used in sentences and the "Latin" comma () (in hex U+066B) used to separate sequences of three digits. To separate sequences of three digits, a Latin comma or blank space may be used; however this is not a standard. In English Braille, the decimal point, , is distinct from both the comma, , and the full stop, .