Still A Decimal Point?

I'm curious...when discussing a fractional number which isn't written in base 10, is it still appropriate to say 'decimal' point?

For example, for the following number expressed in binary, what's the appropriate way to refer to the dot?

111.1101

Quote: BA35

I'm curious...when discussing a fractional number which isn't written in base 10, is it still appropriate to say 'decimal' point?

For example, for the following number expressed in binary, what's the appropriate way to refer to the dot?

111.1101

It's a binary point.

The generic term for this type of separator is a radix point. Radix is from Latin, meaning root, but when applied to math you can think of it as meaning 'base'. So when the radix point is used for base 10 numbers it's a decimal point (the prefix deci implying base 10).

there's only 10 kinds of people, those who understand this binary BS and those who don't

The word you're looking for is "radix point." I guess "binary point" might be appropriate, but I've never heard it used. Usually, the only time I hear of non-integers represented in binary (or any non-decimal base, really, other than historically in explicit fractions) is in IEEE 754 notation, in which case I usually just hear talk of the "mantissa," not the point per se, since the point is a human convenience and such numbers aren't really meant for human eyes.

Quote: odiousgambit

there's only 10 kinds of people, those who understand this binary BS and those who don't

I have a better one: All bases are written "10".