Narrowing conversion

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA conversion from one data type to another where the new data type’s size is smaller than the old one’s, such that the conversion may result in loss of information.

Synonyms

numeric promotion type conversion conversion coercion casting converter mapping data compression decay pessimization type coercion compression

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