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float
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float	can use basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %
	is a subtopic of The Basics of Java
	is an instance of Java primitive data type
	see also Float class
	see also float^2
	stores a floating point number
Java primitive data type	has part Java primitive data type name
	is normally used instead of wrapper class instances for arithmetic
data abstraction	groups the pieces of data that describe some entity, so that programmers can manipulate that data as a unit
	helps a programmer to cope with the complexity of data
	hides the details of data