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	A '''bignum''' package in a ] or program allows internal representation of ] ]s, ]s, ], or ] numbers, and provides a set of arithmetic operations on such numbers. Numbers are typically stored as either one or two lists of digits (or higher-ordered values), encoded in ]. Unlike hardware ]s, bignums can vary in size, using dynamically allocated memory.

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	Bignums were first implemented in ]. Later, the ]/] ] offered bignum facilities as a collection of ] ]s. Today, bignum libraries are available for most modern programming languages. The ] is a ] ] library that offers bignum features. All ]s implement bignum facilities.
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	Bignum systems often employ fast ] and ] ]s, and many provide ] primitives such as ].

	See also: ]s.

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