diff --git a/1-js/05-data-types/02-number/article.md b/1-js/05-data-types/02-number/article.md index 7ca012c2..af06706c 100644 --- a/1-js/05-data-types/02-number/article.md +++ b/1-js/05-data-types/02-number/article.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Numbers -All numbers in JavaScript are stored in 64-bit format [IEEE-754](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-1985), also known as "double precision". +All numbers in JavaScript are stored in 64-bit format [IEEE-754](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-2008_revision), also known as "double precision floating point numbers". Let's recap and expand upon what we currently know about them. @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ There are two ways to do so: ## Imprecise calculations -Internally, a number is represented in 64-bit format [IEEE-754](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-1985), so there are exactly 64 bits to store a number: 52 of them are used to store the digits, 11 of them store the position of the decimal point (they are zero for integer numbers), and 1 bit is for the sign. +Internally, a number is represented in 64-bit format [IEEE-754](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-2008_revision), so there are exactly 64 bits to store a number: 52 of them are used to store the digits, 11 of them store the position of the decimal point (they are zero for integer numbers), and 1 bit is for the sign. If a number is too big, it would overflow the 64-bit storage, potentially giving an infinity: