English Computing Dictionary
◊ OLT_AND_HOLT.ON_DEFINING_CHAOS)}]
olt_and_Holt.On_Defining_Chaos)}]
Fixed precision {floating-point} arithmetic, as used by most
computers, may actually introduce chaotic dependence on
initial conditions due to the accumulation of rounding errors
(which constitutes a non-linear system).
(1995-02-07)