| notation | the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters |
note annotation
notation | a comment or instruction (usually added), his notes were appended at the end of the article, he added a short notation to the address on the envelope |
misprint
erratum
typographical error
typo
literal error
literal | a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind |
notation
notational system | a technical system of symbols used to represent special things |
| mathematical notation | a notation used by mathematicians |
positional notation
positional representation system | a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position |
| binary notation | any notation that uses characters (usually
and ) |
| decimal notation | any notation that usesdifferent characters (usually the digits
to ) |
| octal notation | any mathematical notation that uses different characters (usually the digits
to ) |
| duodecimal notation | any notation that uses different characters |
hexadecimal notation
sexadecimal notation | any notation that uses different characters |
fixed-point notation
fixed-point representation system | a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention |
floating-point notation
floating-point representation system | a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix, in the floating-point representation system, . is represented as .- where - is the exponent |
| infix notation | a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence, operators are dispersed among the operands |
| parenthesis-free notation | a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components |
prefix notation
Lukasiewicz notation
Polish notation | a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands |
postfix notation
suffix notation
reverse Polish notation | a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands |
| musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians |
| chemical notation | a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry |
| literal interpretation | an interpretation based on the exact wording |
| literal | without interpretation or embellishment, a literal depiction of the scene before him |
| literal | limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text, a literal translation |
| literal | avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis), it's the literal truth |
actual
genuine
literal
real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something, her actual motive, a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton, a genuine dilemma |