Arbitrary-precision arithmetic
CALCULATIONS WHERE NUMBERS' PRECISION IS ONLY LIMITED BY COMPUTER MEMORY
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In computer science, arbitrary-precision arithmetic, also called bignum arithmetic, multiple-precision arithmetic, or sometimes infinite-precision arithmetic, indicates that calculations are performed on numbers whose digits of precision are limited only by the available memory of the host system. This contrasts with the faster fixed-precision arithmetic found in most arithmetic logic unit (ALU) hardware, which typically offers between 8 and 64 bits of precision.