Truncation (disambiguation) explained

Truncation is the term used for limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point by discarding the least significant ones.

Truncation may also refer to:

Mathematics

• Truncation (statistics) refers to measurements which have been cut off at some value
• Truncation (numerical analysis) refers to truncating an infinite sum by a finite one
• Truncation (geometry) is the removal of one or more parts, as for example in truncated cube
• Propositional truncation, a type former which truncates a type down to a mere proposition

Computer science

• Data truncation, an event that occurs when a file or other data is stored in a location too small to accommodate its entire length
• Truncate (SQL), a command in the SQL data manipulation language to quickly remove all data from a table

Biology

• Truncate, a leaf shape
• Truncated protein, a protein shortened by a mutation which specifically induces premature termination of messenger RNA translation

Other uses

• Cheque truncation, the conversion of physical cheques into electronic form for transmission to the paying bank
• Clipping (morphology), the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts
• Truncation (archaeology), also 'cut', the removal of archaeological deposits from an archaeological record