Double Precision Accuracy

via random google search result:

"Single Precision occupies 32 bits (4 bytes) and has a significand precision of 24 bits. This gives it an accuracy of about 7 decimal digits.
Double precision occupies 64 bits (8 bytes) and has a significand precision of 53 bits. This gives it an accuracy of about 16 decimal digits."

Todo: review the floating point part of the computor architecture textbook