WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dou′ble preci′sion, [Computers.]
  1. Computingusing twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.

'double precision' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
single precision

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